Key writings exploring questions of reception, interpretation and interactivity. The fan audience, the active audience, gender and audience, nation and ethnicit

The Television Studies Reader brings together key writings in the expanding field of television studies, providing an overview of the discipline and addressing

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Mark Twain has been one of the most popular American writers since 1868. This book shifts the focus of Twain studies from the writer to the reader. This study o

Why are some people more capable than others? What are the reasons for someone gaining unusual abilities or special expertise, or being especially creative? Wha