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4. Melodrama and Romantic Dramatization

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The Melodramatic Imagination

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
Contents VII
Preface IX
1. The Melodramatic Imagination 1
2. The Aesthetics of Astonishment 24
3. The Text of Muteness 56
4. Melodrama and Romantic Dramatization 81
5. Balzac: Representation And Signification 110
6. Henry James And The Melodrama Of Consciousness 153
Conclusion: Melodrama, A Central Poetry 198
Notes 207
Index 229

https://doi.org/10.7312/broo91978-005

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
Contents VII
Preface IX
1. The Melodramatic Imagination 1
2. The Aesthetics of Astonishment 24
3. The Text of Muteness 56
4. Melodrama and Romantic Dramatization 81
5. Balzac: Representation And Signification 110
6. Henry James And The Melodrama Of Consciousness 153
Conclusion: Melodrama, A Central Poetry 198
Notes 207
Index 229

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