{"product_id":"the-melodramatic-moment-katherine-hambridge-9780226543659","title":"The Melodramatic Moment: Music and Theatrical Culture, 1790-1820","description":"We seem to see melodrama everywhere we look--from the soliloquies of devastation in a Dickens novel to the abject monstrosity of Frankenstein's creation, and from Louise Brooks's exaggerated acting in \u003ci\u003ePandora's Box\u003c\/i\u003e to the vicissitudes endlessly reshaping the life of a brooding Don Draper. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This anthology proposes to address the sometimes bewilderingly broad understandings of melodrama by insisting on the historical specificity of its genesis on the stage in late-eighteenth-century Europe. Melodrama emerged during this time in the metropolitan centers of London, Paris, Vienna, and Berlin through stage adaptations of classical subjects and gothic novels, and they became famous for their use of passionate expression and spectacular scenery. Yet, as contributors to this volume emphasize, early melodramas also placed \u003ci\u003esound\u003c\/i\u003e at center stage, through their distinctive--and often disconcerting--alternations between speech and music. This book draws out the \u003ci\u003emelo\u003c\/i\u003e of melodrama, showing the crucial dimensions of sound and music for a genre that permeates our dramatic, literary, and cinematic sensibilities today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A richly interdisciplinary anthology, \u003ci\u003eThe Melodramatic Moment\u003c\/i\u003e will open up new dialogues between musicology and literary and theater studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katherine Hambridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022654365X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226543659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Katherine Hambridge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086416621823,"sku":"9780226543659","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f0dd7e95-de02-4b15-b807-f84289167167.jpg?v=1769094550","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-melodramatic-moment-katherine-hambridge-9780226543659","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}