Works of Steven Moffat

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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The second book in the Screen Storytellers series, this is the first critical appraisal of television writer Steven Moffat. It spans the early sitcoms that draw on his own autobiography to the hugely successful reinventions of Doctor Who and Sherlock to his attempts to revise and revitalize Victorian horror classics and beyond.In a decades-long career as one of the world’s most successful television writers, Steven Moffat has reimagined almost every major character in British pop culture, from Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who to Dracula and Dr. Jekyll. The scholars contributing to this volume offer diverse and wide-ranging viewpoints on Moffat’s career and work, as an immensely influential television creator whose impact is still underestimated. They present a comprehensive and insightful exploration of Moffat's contributions to screenwriting and television to provide a rich, multifaceted understanding of his unique storytelling techniques and the evolution of his style. The range of approaches blend academic analysis with practical insights to offer a unique look at Moffat's influence on modern television storytelling.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-12-10
Mått:138 x 216 x 25 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Screen Storytellers
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9798765124673

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William Rabkin is Associate Professor of Screenwriting and Television Writing at the University of California Riverside-Palm Desert, USA.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionSteven Moffat Is Smarter Than YouWilliam Rabkin (University of California, Riverside-Palm Desert, USA)PART I: How He Works1. The Doctor, The Detective and The Time Traveler’s Wife: A Pilot StudyMarco Ianiello (University of Notre Dame, Australia)2. Moffat’s Doctor Who as EveryshowJames Felder (NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, USA)3. The British Friends: CouplingKaren Jeynes (University of Pretoria, South Africa)4. The First Word: The Roots of Moffat’s Doctor Who in His Earliest WorksJaime Beckwith and Leslie McMurtry (University of Salford, UK)5. Writing About Himself: Moffat’s Reinvention from Autobiography to GenreRobert J. Binney (University of California, Riverside-Palm Desert, USA)PART II: Early Works6. Voices, Silences, and Today’s Youth: Narrative Strategy in Press GangTom Muir (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway)7. Man Up: Coupling and the Rom-ComMary Irwin (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK)8. Adaptation, Fidelity, and the Crisis of Paternity in Moffat’s JekyllLinda Belau (University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley, USA)9. A Real Human Being and a Real Anti-Hero: An Analysis of Moffat’s Character ConstructionDoga Col (Maltepe University, Istanbul, Turkey)PART III: Later Works10. To Build a Genius: Narrative Templates and Visual Construction of Moffat’s CharactersSimona Adinolfi (Ghent University, Belgium) and Sylvia Genovese (University of Edinburgh, UK)11. Temporal Distortions: The Art of Non-Linearity in Moffat’s Doctor Who and SherlockSony Jalarajan Raj and Adith K. Suresh (MacEwan University, Alberta, Canada)12. Watching as New Reading: Exploring Narratology, Intertextuality, and Reader Response in Moffat’s Television SeriesRoksana Zgierska (University of Gdansk, Poland)13. Sherlock: Challenging the Cartesian Thinking ManShreya Das (The Sanskrit College and University, Kolkata, India)14. The Complex Count and the Curing of Toxic Masculinity in DraculaAhmad Hayat (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA)15. “This Man Belongs to Me!”: Revealing the Queer Sadomasochism of DraculaIan M. Clark (Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada)Index