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Pixérécourt and the French Romantic Drama
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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 secon...
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
Details
- Creator
- Alexander Lacey
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- ©1928
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (89 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781487583187, 1487583184, 1487581904
- OCLC
- on1110718733, on1124399445
- Reprinted in 2018.
- In English.
- Cover; I. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MELODRAMA OF PIXERÉ COURT; II. MELODRAMA AND ROMANTIC DRAMA-HISTORICAL POINTS OF CONTACT; III. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROMANTIC DRAMA AND MELODRAMA IN RESPECT OF DRAMATIC QUALITIES; IV. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROMANTIC DRAMA AND MELODRAMA IN RESPECT OF THE TRAGIC ELEMENT; V. PATHETIC, SENTIMENTAL AND SENSATIONAL ELEMENTS IN ROMANTIC DRAMA, CONSIDERED IN THEIR RELATION TO MELODRAMA; VI. MELODRAMA AND THE STOCK CHARACTERS OF ROMANTIC DRAMA; VII. CONCLUSION-A SUMMING-UP OF THE ARGUMENT OF THE PRECEDING CHAPTERS, WITH INFERENCES DRAWN THEREFROM; BIBLIOGRAPHY