Waging ""The War of the Worlds - A History of the 1938 Radio Broadcast and Resulting Panic, Including the Original Script (Hardcover)

The 1938 Orson Welles broadcast of ""The War of the Worlds"" was a landmark in the history of entertainment, sparking a public hysteria in America and a series of subsequent broadcasts around the world that elicited similar responses. This book examines the historic broadcast indepth. It covers all aspects of the phenomenon including fascination with Mars; H.G. Wells' novel; Orson Welles and the making of the broadcast; initial reactions and the resulting 'fog of war'; anxieties underlying the panic; and the aftermath. Chapters also look at later broadcasts in the United States, Latin America, Brazil and Portugal, and address the likelihood that a similar panic could happen again. The original script of the 1938 ""The War of the Worlds"" radio broadcast, written by Howard Koch, is included.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2009
First published:	August 2009
Authors:	John Gosling
Dimensions:	249 x 180 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	247
ISBN-13:	978-0-7864-4105-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Science fiction Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > From 1900 > Radio scripts
LSN:	0-7864-4105-4
Barcode:	9780786441051

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