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

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The Melodramatic Imagination: Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the Mode of Excess, In this lucid and fascinating book, Peter Brooks argues that melodrama is a crucial mode of expression in modern literature. After studying stage melodrama as a dominant popular form in the nineteenth century, he moves on to Balzac and Henry James to show, The Melodramatic Imagination: Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the Mode of Excess

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The Melodramatic Imagination: Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the Mode of Excess
Written by author Peter Brooks
Published by Yale University Press, November 1995
In this lucid and fascinating book, Peter Brooks argues that melodrama is a crucial mode of expression in modern literature. After studying stage melodrama as a dominant popular form in the nineteenth century, he moves on to Balzac and Henry James to show
In this lucid and fascinating book, Peter Brooks argues that melodrama is a crucial mode of expression in modern literature. After studying stage melodrama as a dominant popular form in the nineteenth century, he moves on to Balzac and Henry James to show

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Preface 1995
Preface to the original edition
1 The Melodramatic Imagination 1
2 The Aesthetics of Astonishment 24
3 The Text of Muteness 56
4 Melodrama and Romantic Dramatization 81
5 Balzac: Representation and Signification 110
6 Henry James and the Melodrama of Consciousness 153
Conclusion: Melodrama, A Central Poetry 198
Notes 207
Index 229

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

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	Preface 1995
	Preface to the original edition
1	The Melodramatic Imagination	1
2	The Aesthetics of Astonishment	24
3	The Text of Muteness	56
4	Melodrama and Romantic Dramatization	81
5	Balzac: Representation and Signification	110
6	Henry James and the Melodrama of Consciousness	153
	Conclusion: Melodrama, A Central Poetry	198
	Notes	207
	Index	229