Passionate politics : the cultural work of American melodrama from the early republic to the present / edited by Ralph J. Poole and Ilka Saal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Poole, Ralph J., 1964-

Saal, Ilka.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Melodrama, American--History and criticism.

Melodrama, American.

Melodrama in motion pictures.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new collection of essays on American stage and film melodrama assesses the multifarious and contradictory uses to which melodrama has been put in American culture from the late 18th century to the present. It focuses on the various ways in which the

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PASSIONATE POLITICS; A WEEP IN THE DARK; PERFORMING HYBRIDITY IN HISTORICAL MELODRAMA OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC; MELODRAMATIC TACTICS AND THE ISSUE OF SLAVERY IN DION BOUCICAULT'S THE OCTOROON; FEASTING ON THE FRUITS OF THE MULBERRY TREE; REALIST MELODRAMA; LOVE, HOME, AND HAPPINESS; MELODRAMA AND THE AMERICAN COMBAT FILM; INTERNAL HYBRIDS; SHATTERING OF UNITY; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-19307-4

9786612193071

1-4438-0953-5

OCLC:

1164336114