Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. PREFACE 3
3. CONTENTS 5
4. CHAPTER I. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MELODRAMA OF PIXERECOURT 7
5. CHAPTER II. MELODRAMA AND ROMANTIC DRAMA-HISTORICAL POINTS OF CONTACT 25
6. CHAPTER III. MELODRAMA AND ROMANTIC DRAMA-HISTORICAL POINTS OF CONTACT 35
7. CHAPTER IV. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROMANTIC DRAMA AND MELODRAMA IN RESPECT OF THE TRAGIC ELEMENT 47
8. CHAPTER V. PATHETIC, SENTIMENTAL AND SENSATIONAL ELEMENTS IN ROMANTIC DRAMA, CONSIDERED IN THEIR RELATION TO THE MELODRAMA 59
9. CHAPTER VI. MELODRAMA AND THE STOCK CHARACTERS OF ROMANTIC DRAMA 75
10. CHAPTER VII. CONCLUSION-A SUMMING-UP OF THE ARGUMENT OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, WITH INFERENCES DRAWN THEREFROM 80
11. BIBLIOGRAPHY 86