Overview
- The first book-length study of the third season of the cult program that changed the face of television in the early 1990s
- Offers and interdisciplinary, in-depth and erudite introduction to a study of Twin Peaks: The Return
- Written with scholars of Television Studies, Film Studies, Popular Cultural Studies, Philosophy, and Surrealism Studies readers alike; as well as fans of the series and David Lynch's work
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About this book
This edited collection offers an interdisciplinary study of Twin Peaks: The Return, the third season of a TV program that has attracted the attention (and appreciation) of spectators, fans, and critics for over two decades. The book takes readers into several distinct areas and addresses the different approaches and the range of topics invited by the multidimensionality of the subject itself: the philosophical, the artistic, the socio-cultural, and the personal. The eighteen chapters constituting the volume are academic in their approach to the subject and in their methodology, whether they apply a historical, psychoanalytical, film studies, or gender studies perspective to the text under examination.
The variety and range of perspectives in these aforementioned chapters reflect the belief that a study of the full complexity of Twin Peaks: The Return, as well as a timely assessment of the critical importance of the program, requires both an interdisciplinary perspective and the fusion of different intellectual approaches across genres. The chapters demonstrate a collective awareness of the TV series as a fundamental milestone in contemporary culture.
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Real World: History, Technology and Fandom
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In the Lodges: Subjectivity and (Un)Realism
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Into the Psyche: Trauma, Dreams and Music
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Reviews
“What’s noteworthy here is that Ellis and Theus take time and care to state clearly what they consider the benefits and drawbacks to psychoanalytic cinema critique, particularly in regards to Lynch’s work. Fans and scholars alike can benefit from their example as they navigate between those who outright reject psychoanalytic analysis and those who might rigidly attempt to force Twin Peaks fully into a simplified framework.” (Andy Hageman, 25 YL, 25yearslatersite.com, March, 2019)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Antonio Sanna completed his PhD at the University of Westminster, UK. He has published over sixty essays and reviews in international journals and in a variety of edited collections. He is co-editor (with Adam Barkman) of A Critical Companion to Tim Burton (2017) and A Critical Companion to James Cameron (2018), and editor of Pirates in History and Popular Culture (2018).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Critical Essays on Twin Peaks: The Return
Editors: Antonio Sanna
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04798-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-04797-9Published: 17 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-04798-6Published: 04 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 302
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Popular Culture, Genre, Close Reading, Film/TV Industry