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Melodrama! The Mode of Excess from Early America to Hollywood

BuchGebunden
377 Seiten
Englisch
Universitätsverlag Wintererschienen am03.01.2007
This volume explores the current status quo of 'melodrama studies' with respect to theater, prose writing, film, and other genres and forms, spanning a historical range from the eighteenth century to the present time. It starts from the observation that what used to be regarded as a lower form of cultural expression in the first half of the twentieth century, came to be reevaluated markedly in the last decades. These days, melodrama tends to be invoked as a serious and central category to assess the modern cultural imagination and imaginary. Moreover, at a time in which generic classification is becoming increasingly problematical, because genres, be they literary or filmic, are identified less with stable norms, and are understood increasingly as processes, melodrama gains an especially prominent function in literary and cultural studies, since it is seen as cutting across the field of generic identification. The contributions to this volume investigate different manifestations of melodrama and emphasize the multifaceted and heterogeneous character of the melodramatic mode.mehr

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KlappentextThis volume explores the current status quo of 'melodrama studies' with respect to theater, prose writing, film, and other genres and forms, spanning a historical range from the eighteenth century to the present time. It starts from the observation that what used to be regarded as a lower form of cultural expression in the first half of the twentieth century, came to be reevaluated markedly in the last decades. These days, melodrama tends to be invoked as a serious and central category to assess the modern cultural imagination and imaginary. Moreover, at a time in which generic classification is becoming increasingly problematical, because genres, be they literary or filmic, are identified less with stable norms, and are understood increasingly as processes, melodrama gains an especially prominent function in literary and cultural studies, since it is seen as cutting across the field of generic identification. The contributions to this volume investigate different manifestations of melodrama and emphasize the multifaceted and heterogeneous character of the melodramatic mode.
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ISBN/GTIN978-3-8253-5327-8
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2007
Erscheinungsdatum03.01.2007
ReiheAmerican Studies
Reihen-Nr.145
Seiten377 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht530 g
Illustrationenw. 9 figs.
Artikel-Nr.10791030
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GenreLexika/Sprachen

Autor

Prof. Dr. Ruth Mayer ist Professorin für American Studies an der Leibniz Universität Hannover. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind die Kulturen der Globalisierung und Science Studies.
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