UID:
edocfu_9959089991402883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781487583187
Series Statement:
Heritage
Content:
The purpose of this work is to establish the relationship between the Romantic drama in France of the period 1829-1843 (circa) and the melodrama or "popular tragedy" which flourished in the second-class theatres during the first three decades of the nineteenth century. Since the essence of the melodrama of that period is found in the works of Guilbert de Pixerecourt (a fact which no student of French literature will deny) it has been thought sufficient to concentrate attention on these works and their connection with the Romantic drama, rather than to treat all or a large number of the many authors of melodrama who helped to flood the popular stage at that time.
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Frontmatter --
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PREFACE --
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CONTENTS --
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CHAPTER I. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MELODRAMA OF PIXERECOURT --
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CHAPTER II. MELODRAMA AND ROMANTIC DRAMA-HISTORICAL POINTS OF CONTACT --
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CHAPTER III. MELODRAMA AND ROMANTIC DRAMA-HISTORICAL POINTS OF CONTACT --
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CHAPTER IV. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROMANTIC DRAMA AND MELODRAMA IN RESPECT OF THE TRAGIC ELEMENT --
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CHAPTER V. PATHETIC, SENTIMENTAL AND SENSATIONAL ELEMENTS IN ROMANTIC DRAMA, CONSIDERED IN THEIR RELATION TO THE MELODRAMA --
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CHAPTER VI. MELODRAMA AND THE STOCK CHARACTERS OF ROMANTIC DRAMA --
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CHAPTER VII. CONCLUSION-A SUMMING-UP OF THE ARGUMENT OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, WITH INFERENCES DRAWN THEREFROM --
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781487583187
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487583187
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