VI. The Dialogue with Melodrama

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Foreword 7
3. Contents 9
4. I. Short Story: The Art of Moral Revelation 11
5. II. Literary Parodies 28
6. III. Chameleons 49
7. IV. Pathos and the Failure of Feeling 60
8. V. Dreams 76
9. VI. The Question of Identity 93
10. VI. The Dialogue with Melodrama 113
11. VIII. Stories of Time 134
12. IX. Stories of Ambiguity 153
13. Selected Bibliography 174
14. Index 177