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A new edition to our BFI TV Classics series, this analysis of BBC's Bleak House aims to analyze this critically acclaimed production in terms of its adaptation status, narrative organization, acting, setting and mise-en-scene, while also using it to comment on more general issues in television studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.- Introduction: Dickens and Television.- The Classic Serial.- Serialisation and Soaps.- 
The Problem with Esther.- Narrative Organisation and the Double Story.- Characterisation and Performance.- Settings.-  'Illustrating' Bleak House.- Conclusion: Classic Television.- Notes.- Appendix: The Beginning and Ending of Each Episode.- Bibliography.- Credits.- Index.

Product details

Published Oct 30 2012
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 152
ISBN 9781844574179
Imprint British Film Institute
Illustrations 53 colour photos
Dimensions 7 x 5 inches
Series BFI TV Classics
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Christine Geraghty

Christine Geraghty is Honorary Professorial Fellow…

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