Tableaux and Melodramatic Realism

If in many ways its aims are comparable to those of novelistic realism (a focus on ordinary characters and contemporary social issues), melodrama exhibits a form of realism all its own. This essay focuses on several elements of that form, especially on the workings of the tableau. At the moment o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Carolyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2019-03-01
Series:English Literature
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Online Access:http://doi.org/10.30687/EL/2420-823X/2019/01/006