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Book The Origins of Drama in Scandinavia

Download or read book The Origins of Drama in Scandinavia written by Terry Gunnell and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1995 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh look at early dramatic activity in Scandinavia, using archaeological, historical and literary evidence.

Book Danish Television Drama

Download or read book Danish Television Drama written by Anne Marit Waade and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how to understand the international appeal of Danish television drama and Nordic Noir in the 2010s. Focusing on production and distribution as well as the series and their reception, the chapters analyse how this small nation production culture was suddenly regarded as an example of best practice in the international television industries, and how the distribution and branding of particular series – such as Forbrydelsen/The Killing, Borgen and Bron/The Bridge – led to dedicated audiences around the world. Discussing issues such as cultural proximity, transnationalism and glocalisation, the chapters investigate the complex interplays between the national and international in the television industries and the global lessons learned from the way in which screen ideas, production frameworks and public service content from Denmark suddenly managed to travel widely. The book builds on extensive empirical material and case studies conducted as part of the transnational research project ‘What Makes Danish Television Drama Travel?’

Book The Drama  Scandinavian drama

Download or read book The Drama Scandinavian drama written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Faceless Killers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Henning Mankell
  • Publisher : New Press/ORIM
  • Release : 2011-05-10
  • ISBN : 1595586105
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Faceless Killers written by Henning Mankell and published by New Press/ORIM. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A #1 international bestseller: This “exquisite novel of mesmerizing depth” launched the acclaimed Wallander Mysteries and BBC series starring Kenneth Branagh (Los Angeles Times). Early one morning, a small-town farmer discovers that his neighbors have been victims of a brutal attack during the night: An old man has been bludgeoned to death, and his tortured wife lies dying before the farmer’s eyes. The only clue is the single word she utters before she dies: “foreign.” In charge of the investigation is Inspector Kurt Wallander, a local detective whose personal life is in a shambles. His family is falling apart, he’s gaining weight, and he drinks too much and sleeps too little. Tenacious and levelheaded in his sleuthing, he and his colleagues must contend with a wave of violent xenophobia as they search for the killers. Winner of the Sweden’s Best Mystery Award and the first installment in the series that inspired the PBS program Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh, Faceless Killers is a razor-sharp, stylishly dark police procedural with searing social commentary that reaches beyond its genre to produce “a superior novel—and a harbinger of great things to come” (Booklist).

Book Locating Nordic Noir

Download or read book Locating Nordic Noir written by Kim Toft Hansen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-14 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive study of Nordic Noir television drama from the 1990’s until today. The authors introduce the history of contemporary Nordic Noir from the perspective of place, production and location studies. The chapters include readings of well-known television crime dramas such as Beck, The Killing, Trapped and The Bridge as well as a range of other important Nordic Noir cases. The authors position the development of Nordic Noir in the global market for popular television drama and place the international attention towards Nordic crime dramas within regional development of drama production in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. Consequently, Nordic Noir is read as both a transnational financial and creative phenomenon and as a local possibility for community building. Offering a comprehensible, scholarly and methodologically original approach to the popularity of Nordic television crime dramas, this volume is aimed at readers with an interest in crime drama as well as scholars and students of television drama.

Book The Drama  Scandinavian drama

Download or read book The Drama Scandinavian drama written by Alfred Bates and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The English Heart

    Book Details:
  • Author : Helena Halme
  • Publisher : Helena Halme
  • Release : 2017-11-11
  • ISBN : 1999892909
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book The English Heart written by Helena Halme and published by Helena Halme. This book was released on 2017-11-11 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She has her life planned out. He lets the wind guide his sails. As the Cold War heats up, can they keep love alive on either side of the iron curtain? Finland, 1980. Kaisa has never been a risk taker. After graduation, she plans to marry the dependable older man who paid for her classes and kept a roof over her head. But when she accepts an invitation to a party at the British Embassy, a handsome naval officer makes her want to throw caution to the wind. She surprises herself when they share a passionate kiss under the stars and promise to see each other again. But how could she possibly give up her sure-thing relationship for a man she barely knows? When Peter Williams pictured his future, he saw a rising in the ranks and an endless trip around the world. Though when he meets the strong-willed Kaisa in Helsinki, his passion for the sea takes a serious turn. Not even the excitement of hunting down Russian submarines can compare to the thrill of his lips on hers. But despite his growing feelings, his commanding officers won’t tolerate him pursuing a woman from a Soviet-friendly nation. Both torn between impossible choices, Kaisa and Peter must search their souls for the right answer. With the Cold War heating up between them, can two star-crossed lovers find their courage or will their relationship sink on the high seas? The English Heart is a breathtaking contemporary women's fiction novel with an undercurrent of romance. If you like vivid historical details, star-crossed chemistry, and complex characters, then you’ll love Helena Halme’s Cold War love story. Buy The English Heart to experience an epic tale of courage and love today!

Book European Television Crime Drama and Beyond

Download or read book European Television Crime Drama and Beyond written by Kim Toft Hansen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to focus on the role of European television crime drama on the international market. As a genre, the television crime drama has enjoyed a long and successful career, routinely serving as a prism from which to observe the local, national and even transnational issues that are prevalent in society. This extensive volume explores a wide range of countries, from the US to European countries such as Spain, Italy, the Scandinavian countries, Germany, England and Wales, in order to reveal the very currencies that are at work in the global production and circulation of the TV crime drama. The chapters, all written by leading television and crime fiction scholars, provide readings of crime dramas such as the Swedish-Danish The Bridge, the Welsh Hinterland, the Spanish Under Suspicion, the Italian Gomorrah, the German Tatort and the Turkish Cinayet. By examining both European texts and the ‘European-ness’ of various international dramas, this book ultimately demonstrates that transnationalism is at the very core of TV crime drama in Europe and beyond.

Book A History of Scandinavian Theatre

Download or read book A History of Scandinavian Theatre written by Frederick J. Marker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-09-28 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A balanced and authoritative account of the theatrical history of all three Scandinavian countries.

Book Beyond The Bridge

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tobias Hochscherf
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2017-02-28
  • ISBN : 1786721457
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Beyond The Bridge written by Tobias Hochscherf and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing worldwide acclaim from critics and audiences alike, programmes like The Killing, Borgen, The Bridge and The Legacy demonstrate widespread fascination with Danish style, aesthetics and culture as seen through television narratives. This book uses familiar, alongside lesser known, case studies of drama series to demonstrate how the particular features of Danish production - from work cultures, to storytelling techniques and trans-national cooperation - have enhanced contemporary Danish drama's appeal both at home and abroad. The era of globalisation has blurred national and international television cultures and promoted regular cross-fertilisation between film and television industries. Important questions have emerged from this context surrounding, for example, the 'Americanisation' of foreign television formats, the meaning and practice behind the term 'quality television', and the purpose and efficacy of public service broadcasting. Beyond the Bridge tackles these issues in relation to Danish television, by examining the so-called 'scaffolded production processes' behind the making of quality serials and their thought-provoking content. Drawing on popular motifs from these celebrated dramas such as foreign politics, organised crime, global warming, and the impact of multinational corporations, this timely book provides crucial insight into the Danish dramas at the forefront of sophisticated, forward-thinking, fictional television.

Book Nights of Awe

    Book Details:
  • Author : Harri Nykänen
  • Publisher : Bitter Lemon Press
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 1904738923
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Nights of Awe written by Harri Nykänen and published by Bitter Lemon Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eccentric Jewish policeman Ariel Kafka investigates four Arabs' murders in this fresh take on the Nordic crime novel.

Book Scandinavian Drama

Download or read book Scandinavian Drama written by Alfred Bates and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Elder Edda and Ancient Scandinavian Drama

Download or read book The Elder Edda and Ancient Scandinavian Drama written by and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Elder Edda and Ancient Scandinavian Drama

Download or read book The Elder Edda and Ancient Scandinavian Drama written by Bertha Surtees Phillpotts and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nordic Noir  Adaptation  Appropriation

Download or read book Nordic Noir Adaptation Appropriation written by Linda Badley and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-06 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that adaptation is an underrecognized yet constitutive element of Nordic noir. In so doing, it reframes the prevailing critical view. Now celebrated for its global sweep, Nordic noir is equally a transmedial phenomenon. Nordic Noir, Adaptation, Appropriation deploys the tools of current adaptation studies to undertake a wide-ranging transcultural, intermedial exploration, adding an important new layer to the rich scholarship that has arisen around Nordic noir in recent years.