Dennis Potter
Glen Creeber • 1998 • Macmillan
- Author
- Glen Creeber
- First published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Genres
- History · Biography
- ISBN
- 9780333713891
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Published in 1998 by Macmillan, this monograph by Glen Creeber serves as a critical examination of the life and career of Dennis Potter, one of Britain's most influential television dramatists. Written shortly after Potter's death in 1994, the book was conceived to bridge the gap between academic analysis and popular appreciation of his complex works, which often challenged conventional narrative structures through the use of non-linear storytelling and surrealist imagery.
Glen Creeber, an expert in television studies, focuses on how Potter's idiosyncratic style—most notably seen in series like The Singing Detective and Pennies from Heaven—subverted the traditions of the BBC. The volume was produced as part of a wave of scholarship aiming to legitimize television as a serious art form, reflecting on Potter's aesthetic preoccupations with illness, trauma, and the interplay between childhood innocence and adult corruption. It is regarded as a key secondary text for students and fans seeking to contextualize Potter's provocative legacy.
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