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The Mystery of Twin Peaks - by Caroline Frank & Markus Schleich (Paperback)
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Highlights
- The anthology brings together various approaches and contexts to Twin Peaks, addressing the show's unique production and reception aesthetics.
- About the Author: Dr. Caroline Frank is a Research Associate and Habilitation candidate at the Institute of German Studies at the University of Kassel.
- 326 Pages
- Performing Arts, Film
Description
Book Synopsis
The anthology brings together various approaches and contexts to Twin Peaks, addressing the show's unique production and reception aesthetics. The range of contributions covers diverse topics: genre mixing, transactuality, complex narrative structures, dream and dreamlike qualities, gender and identity concepts, extreme fan culture, visual aesthetics, acoustic dimensions, postmodern referential culture, and not least, the question of which other quality TV series became possible due to Twin Peaks.
From the Back Cover
The anthology brings together various approaches and contexts to Twin Peaks, addressing the show's unique production and reception aesthetics. The range of contributions covers diverse topics: genre mixing, transactuality, complex narrative structures, dream and dreamlike qualities, gender and identity concepts, extreme fan culture, visual aesthetics, acoustic dimensions, postmodern referential culture, and not least, the question of which other quality TV series became possible due to Twin Peaks.
The Editors
Dr. Caroline Frank is a Research Associate and Habilitation candidate at the Institute of German Studies at the University of Kassel.
Dr. Markus Schleich is a scholar of literature and media studies. He is a Research Associate at the School of English, Arts and Languages at Queen's University Belfast.
The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content
This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.
About the Author
Dr. Caroline Frank is a Research Associate and Habilitation candidate at the Institute of German Studies at the University of Kassel.
Dr. Markus Schleich is a scholar of literature and media studies. He is a Research Associate at the School of English, Arts and Languages at Queen's University Belfast.