Theater of the mind : imagination, aesthetics, and American radio drama / Neil Verma.

For generations, fans and critics have characterized classic American radio drama as a "theater of the mind." This book unpacks that characterization by recasting the radio play as an aesthetic object within its unique historical context. In Theater of the Mind, Neil Verma applies an array...

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Main Author: Verma, Neil
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Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
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520 |a For generations, fans and critics have characterized classic American radio drama as a "theater of the mind." This book unpacks that characterization by recasting the radio play as an aesthetic object within its unique historical context. In Theater of the Mind, Neil Verma applies an array of critical methods to more than six thousand recordings to produce a vivid new account of radio drama from the Depression to the Cold War. In this sweeping exploration of dramatic conventions, Verma investigates legendary dramas by the likes of Norman Corwin, Lucille Fletcher, an. 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction : What is the "theater of the mind"? -- Part I. Radio aesthetics in the late depression, 1937-1945 : Dramas of space and time -- Producing perspective in radio -- Intimate and kaleidosonic styles -- Norman Corwin's people's radio -- Part II. Communication and interiority in 1940s radio, 1941-1950 : Honeymoon shocker -- Dramas of susceptibility and transmission -- Eavesdropper, ventriloquist, signalman -- Part III. Radio and the postwar mood, 1945-1955 : Later than you think? -- Just the facts -- In trials -- Coda : Instruction and excavation -- Guide to radio programs. 
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650 0 |a Radio broadcasting  |z United States  |x History  |y 20th century. 
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655 7 |a Criticism, interpretation, etc.  |2 fast 
655 7 |a History  |2 fast 
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