Melodrama: Stage, Picture, Screen

by Jacky Bratton

Drawn from papers presented at the 1992 international conference of the same name, held in London, this book offers a "state-of-the-art" survey of melodrama studies. Scholars from a variety of disciplines, including film theory, history, theatre studies and musicology, address the problems raised by the concept and the genre of melodrama, a popular dramatic fiction which spans Victorian and contemporary entertainment.

250 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1994