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Though it lasted just two seasons, Twin Peaks (1990-1991) raised the bar for television and is now considered one of the great dramas in TV history. Its complex plots and sensational visuals both inspired and alienated audiences. After 25 years, the cult classic is being revived.
This collection of new essays explores its filmic influences, its genre-bending innovations and its use of horror and science fiction conventions, from the original series through the earlier film prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and subsequent video releases.
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction. "A place both wonderful and strange": The Legacy of Twin Peaks
Surreal and Surrealist Elements in David Lynch's Television Series Twin Peaks (Nicola Glaubitz and Jens Schröter)
Intercourse Between Two Worlds (John J. Pierce)
Smashing the Small Screen: David Lynch, Twin Peaks
and Reinventing Television (Kyle Barrett)
"I'll see you in the trees": Trauma, Intermediality and the Pacific Northwest Weird (Rachel Joseph)
Beyond Angels, Beyond Demons: Post-Christian Dissociative
Rhetoric Within Twin Peaks (Gavin F. Hurley)
"These old woods": Spiritual Ambivalence, Moral Panic and Unsettling Legacy in Twin Peaks (Elizabeth Lowry)
Leland Palmer Was Not Alone: The Lucifer Effect and Domestic Violence in Twin Peaks and The Shining (Michail Zontos)
David Lynch's American Nightmare (Siobhan Lyons)
Evil and Vampirism in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (Martha L. Diaz)
How Twin Peaks Brought Viewers Existential Mobsters and Advertising Doppelgängers (Donald McCarthy)
Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery and the Narrative Experience (Fabian Grumbrecht)
Doppelgänger: Fire Walk with Me's "Missing Pieces" (Scott Von Doviak)
About the Contributors
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About the author
Eric Hoffman, a poet and essayist, is the author of sixteen books and lives in Connecticut.Dominick Grace, a professor of English at Brescia University College, has published numerous articles on subjects ranging from medieval and early modern literature to contemporary popular culture. He lives in London, Ontario, Canada.
