Passionate politics :: the cultural work of American melodrama from the early republic to the present /
This new collection of essays on American stage and film melodrama assesses the multifarious and contradictory uses to which melodrama has been put in American culture from the late 18th century to the present. It focuses on the various ways in which the.
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title_auth | Passionate politics : the cultural work of American melodrama from the early republic to the present / |
title_exact_search | Passionate politics : the cultural work of American melodrama from the early republic to the present / |
title_full | Passionate politics : the cultural work of American melodrama from the early republic to the present / edited by Ralph J. Poole and Ilka Saal. |
title_fullStr | Passionate politics : the cultural work of American melodrama from the early republic to the present / edited by Ralph J. Poole and Ilka Saal. |
title_full_unstemmed | Passionate politics : the cultural work of American melodrama from the early republic to the present / edited by Ralph J. Poole and Ilka Saal. |
title_short | Passionate politics : |
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topic | Melodrama, American History and criticism. Melodrama in motion pictures. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88003010 Mélodrames (Films) History of ideas. bicssc Social groups. bicssc DRAMA American. bisacsh Melodrama, American fast Melodrama in motion pictures fast |
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