Dickens and popular entertainment /
Schlicke, Paul.
Dickens and popular entertainment / Paul Schlicke. - London ; Boston : Unwin Hyman, 1988. - 1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) : illustrations - Studies in design . - Studies in design. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and index.
Chapter 1 Introduction -- Dickens and the Changing Patterns of Popular Entertainment -- chapter 2 Popular Entertainment and Childhood -- chapter 3 CHAPTER 3 -- The Novel as Popular Entertainment -- chapter 4 The Old Curiosity Shop -- The Assessment of Popular Entertainment -- chapter 5 CHAPTER 5 -- The Necessity of Popular Entertainment -- chapter 6 Popular Entertainment in Dickens's Journalism -- chapter 7 Dickens's Public Readings -- The Abiding Commitment.
This study offers a selection of nine essays that examine the range of design for popular entertainment. Investigating entertainment design from the late 19th century to the 1960s, the book is divided into two sections addressing the 'hardware' and 'software' of popular entertainment. Design and Popular Entertainment offers a selection of nine essays that examine the range of design for popular entertainment, from theatre and film, to television and radio. Investigating entertainment design from the late nineteenth century to the 1960s, the book is divided into two sections. The first addresses the 'hardware' of popular entertainment, in other words the objects through which images, sound and performance are transmitted. The second explores the construction of cinematic and televisual imagery and the design of objects for the screen, the 'software' of entertainment. In so doing it offers important insights into this little explored aspect of design. Topics covered by the collection include the design of theatrical lighting and stage sets, cinema and radio design, the representation of designers within film, and the relationship between design and television. The book's concentration on the 1950s and 1960s reflects the profound changes in modes of entertainment that took place during that period, in particular the spread of television, which not only attracted a huge popular audience but also stimulated experimental designing approaches and thinking. With particular focus on the way that both the objects and the construction of entertainment have altered audience's experience, the essays present a novel approach to the subject. This book will be of particular interest to students and teachers working in design and cultural history as well as film and theatre studies. Design and Popular Entertainment offers a selection of nine essays that examine the range of design for popular entertainment, from theatre and film, to television and radio. Investigating entertainment design from the late nineteenth century to the 1960s, the book is divided into two sections. The first addresses the 'hardware' of popular entertainment, in other words the objects through which images, sound and performance are transmitted. The second explores the construction of cinematic and televisual imagery and the design of objects for the screen, the 'software' of entertainment. In so doing it offers important insights into this little explored aspect of design. Topics covered by the collection include the design of theatrical lighting and stage sets, cinema and radio design, the representation of designers within film, and the relationship between design and television. The book's concentration on the 1950s and 1960s reflects the profound changes in modes of entertainment that took place during that period, in particular the spread of television, which not only attracted a huge popular audience but also stimulated experimental designing approaches and thinking. With particular focus on the way that both the objects and the construction of entertainment have altered audience's experience, the essays present a novel approach to the subject. This book will be of particular interest to students and teachers working in design and cultural history as well as film and theatre studies.
English.
0203206762 (electronic bk.) 9780203206768 (electronic bk.) 9780044451808 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0044451806 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9786610324095 6610324093 9780048000385 0048000388 (Cloth) 1280324090 9781280324093 0719080169 9780719080166
88010737
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 --Knowledge--Performing arts.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 --Criticism and interpretation.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
1800-1899
Performing arts in literature.
Performing arts--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Popular culture--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Arts du spectacle dans la littérature.
Arts du spectacle--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Performing arts.
Performing arts in literature.
Popular culture.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR4592.P45 / S35 1988eb
823/.8
Dickens and popular entertainment / Paul Schlicke. - London ; Boston : Unwin Hyman, 1988. - 1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) : illustrations - Studies in design . - Studies in design. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and index.
Chapter 1 Introduction -- Dickens and the Changing Patterns of Popular Entertainment -- chapter 2 Popular Entertainment and Childhood -- chapter 3 CHAPTER 3 -- The Novel as Popular Entertainment -- chapter 4 The Old Curiosity Shop -- The Assessment of Popular Entertainment -- chapter 5 CHAPTER 5 -- The Necessity of Popular Entertainment -- chapter 6 Popular Entertainment in Dickens's Journalism -- chapter 7 Dickens's Public Readings -- The Abiding Commitment.
This study offers a selection of nine essays that examine the range of design for popular entertainment. Investigating entertainment design from the late 19th century to the 1960s, the book is divided into two sections addressing the 'hardware' and 'software' of popular entertainment. Design and Popular Entertainment offers a selection of nine essays that examine the range of design for popular entertainment, from theatre and film, to television and radio. Investigating entertainment design from the late nineteenth century to the 1960s, the book is divided into two sections. The first addresses the 'hardware' of popular entertainment, in other words the objects through which images, sound and performance are transmitted. The second explores the construction of cinematic and televisual imagery and the design of objects for the screen, the 'software' of entertainment. In so doing it offers important insights into this little explored aspect of design. Topics covered by the collection include the design of theatrical lighting and stage sets, cinema and radio design, the representation of designers within film, and the relationship between design and television. The book's concentration on the 1950s and 1960s reflects the profound changes in modes of entertainment that took place during that period, in particular the spread of television, which not only attracted a huge popular audience but also stimulated experimental designing approaches and thinking. With particular focus on the way that both the objects and the construction of entertainment have altered audience's experience, the essays present a novel approach to the subject. This book will be of particular interest to students and teachers working in design and cultural history as well as film and theatre studies. Design and Popular Entertainment offers a selection of nine essays that examine the range of design for popular entertainment, from theatre and film, to television and radio. Investigating entertainment design from the late nineteenth century to the 1960s, the book is divided into two sections. The first addresses the 'hardware' of popular entertainment, in other words the objects through which images, sound and performance are transmitted. The second explores the construction of cinematic and televisual imagery and the design of objects for the screen, the 'software' of entertainment. In so doing it offers important insights into this little explored aspect of design. Topics covered by the collection include the design of theatrical lighting and stage sets, cinema and radio design, the representation of designers within film, and the relationship between design and television. The book's concentration on the 1950s and 1960s reflects the profound changes in modes of entertainment that took place during that period, in particular the spread of television, which not only attracted a huge popular audience but also stimulated experimental designing approaches and thinking. With particular focus on the way that both the objects and the construction of entertainment have altered audience's experience, the essays present a novel approach to the subject. This book will be of particular interest to students and teachers working in design and cultural history as well as film and theatre studies.
English.
0203206762 (electronic bk.) 9780203206768 (electronic bk.) 9780044451808 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0044451806 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9786610324095 6610324093 9780048000385 0048000388 (Cloth) 1280324090 9781280324093 0719080169 9780719080166
88010737
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 --Knowledge--Performing arts.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 --Criticism and interpretation.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
1800-1899
Performing arts in literature.
Performing arts--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Popular culture--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Arts du spectacle dans la littérature.
Arts du spectacle--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Performing arts.
Performing arts in literature.
Popular culture.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR4592.P45 / S35 1988eb
823/.8