Melodrama: The Cultural Emergence of a Genre

Using the term "melodrama" as an abstract category to describe almost any literary mode--from nineteenth-century novels to 20th-century films--modern critics have obscured the genre's historical and cultural functions as well as the nature of its specific appeal to working-class audiences. To rectify this situation, the essays in this innovative and international collection redirect attention to the historical, social, and cultural milieu in which melodrama emerged.

Literature & Fiction

Michael Hays

Anastasia Nikolopoulou

Dramas & Plays

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

<p>FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. As a mother and son explore their neighborhood, they try various ways of walking--from giant steps and reggae steps to criss-cross steps and backward steps.</p>

Jonathan and His Mommy

Children's Books

Irene Smalls

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