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The Melodramatic Imagination: Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the Mode of Excess
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 153
EAN: 9780300065534
ISBN: 0300065531
Label: Yale University Press
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 251
Publication Date: November 29, 1995
Publisher: Yale University Press
Studio: Yale University Press
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Rating: - Melodrama and Modernity
Peter Brooks' book, "The Melodramatic Imagination," would be helpful even due only to its serious examination of the structural and philosophical underpinnings of traditional French melodramatic theatre. However, what makes this study necessary reading is its convincing argument that melodrama exists as a driving force, not a distracting or somehow 'lower' element, in the creation of the modern novel. The melodramatic structure, shaped by high moral conflict and determined by its motion ... Read More
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