Melodrama: Stage Picture Screen

By Jacky Bratton

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851704379
• ISBN13: 9780851704371
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: British Film Inst
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"