Breaking bad, the story of Walter White's transformation from an underappreciated high school chemistry teacher to a murderous drug lord, has captured the imagination of television viewers around the world. This collection of essays sets the series in the context of American culture, analyzing its reinvention of classic themes in literature. -- Publisher description.
Featuring a dazzling array of styles, this one of-a-kind book is the ultimate tribute to the series and its seismic impact on popular culture.
Koch takes readers through the ways in which this is accomplished through the show's various visual elements and masterful temporal and narrative structuring.