Melodrama and Modernity: Early Sensational Cinema and Its Contexts

(Part of the Film and Culture Series Series)

by Ben Singer

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In this groundbreaking investigation into the nature and meanings of melodrama in American culture between 1880 and 1920, Ben Singer offers a challenging new reevaluation of early American cinema and the era that spawned it. Singer looks back to the sensational or "blood and thunder" melodramas (e.g., The Perils of Pauline, The Hazards of Helen, etc.) and uncovers a fundamentally modern cultural expression, one reflecting spectacular transformations...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0231113293

ISBN13:9780231113298

Release Date:January 2001

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 7.0" x 9.9"

Related Subjects

American Literature Arts, Music & Photography Documentaries Film & Television Humor & Entertainment Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Movies Performing Arts

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