The Melodramatic Imagination: Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the Mode of Excess

Peter Brooks

Published by Columbia University Press 1984

The Melodramatic Imagination

Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the Mode of Excess

Peter Brooks

https://doi.org/10.7312/broo91978

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Examines the mode of heightened dramatization inextricably bound up with the modern novel's effort to signify in an attempt to define and sharpen the term 'melodramatic' as it applies to the classic French melodrama as it came to be established after the Revolution in the 19th century.

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

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 236

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Published: May 6, 2019
ISBN: 9780231886413