The Melodramatic Imagination: Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the Mode of Excess
by Peter Brooks
In this study, Peter Brooks explores melodrama as a powerful mode of literary expression. Focusing on Balzac and Henry James, he examines excess, heightened emotion, and the ways melodramatic forms shape the interpretation of fiction and the broader literary imagination.
About This Book
Peter Brooks examines the melodramatic imagination as a literary mode shaped by excess, heightened feeling, and expressive intensity.
The book focuses on the relationship between melodrama and the work of Balzac and Henry James.
It considers how melodramatic forms operate within serious literary fiction and how they influence interpretation.
This study is intended for readers interested in literary criticism, nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction, and the history of melodrama.
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