Sensational subjects the dramatization of experience in the modern world
Under what conditions does 'sensation' become 'sensational'? By the early nineteenth century murder had become the staple of the sensationalizing popular press, and gruesome descriptions were deployed to make a direct impact on the 'sensations' of the reader. Later, c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London, England :
Bloomsbury Academic
[2015]
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| Series: | WISH list.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009684822906719 |
| Summary: | Under what conditions does 'sensation' become 'sensational'? By the early nineteenth century murder had become the staple of the sensationalizing popular press, and gruesome descriptions were deployed to make a direct impact on the 'sensations' of the reader. Later, concern with the thrills, spills, and shocks of modern life was being articulated in the language of sensation, and media sensationalism was already being seen both as contributing to this process and as magnifying its impact, just as sensation was, in turn, taken up by literature, art and film. Finally, it seems as though the dr |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (243 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781472535641 9781472535634 9781472535658 |
