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Serial Monogamy: Extended Fictions and the Television Revolution

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Changes in television technology have fostered changes in how we view fiction on television. This article explores some of these changes in the context of the teenage series, Felicity (WBTV, 1998–2002). It draws comparisons with the experience of reading series fiction in print, referring to the children’s print series, The Beverly Gray College Mystery Series (Burt, Grosset & Dunlap, 1934–1955). The article also looks at the impact of the Internet on series reading and viewing.

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Notes

  1. See http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/ accessed October 25, 2005.

  2. See http://tvshowsondvd.com/releaselistshows.cfm?StartRow=26 accessed October 25, 2005.

  3. See http://www.geocities.com/brmthebgs/beverlygray/adventures.html accessed April 7, 2005.

  4. See http://www.elliemik.com/blank.html accessed April 7, 2005.

  5. See http://www.geocities.com/brmthebgs/beverlygray/beverlygray.html accessed April 7, 2005.

  6. See http://www.americanwebbooks.com/book.php?BID=25&BCTL=1 accessed April 7, 2005.

  7. Both reviews at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B00008GQ33/ ref=cm_rev_next/104-4310102-5388765?%5Fencoding=UTF8&customer-reviews.sort%Fby=-SubmissionDate&n=130 &customer-reviews.start=11&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER. accessed April 12, 2005.

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Mackey, M. Serial Monogamy: Extended Fictions and the Television Revolution. Child Lit Educ 37, 149–161 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-006-9003-7

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