Melodrama
Subtitle: The Cultural Emergence of a Genre
Contributors: Michael Hays (Editor); Anastasia Nikolopoulou (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: October 15, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780312126926
Subjects: 19th Century Literature - History And Criticism; Drama; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Performing Arts/Dance; General; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; 19th century; History and criticism; Melodrama
First sentence: IN "COMRADES," A MUSICAL-HALL SONG OF 1890, the narrator and his friend since boyhood, Jack, have been ordered into battle because "England's Flag had been insulted."