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Melodrama

Melodrama is a dramatic genre characterized by exaggerated emotional conflict, stereotypical characters, and sensational plot developments that prioritize moral polarization and heightened affective impact over psychological realism.

199

Publications

10.4K

Citations

200

Authors

67

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

10

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Publications

199

The Melodramatic Imagination: Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the Mode of Excess.

Peggy McCormack, Peter Brooks · American Literature · 1985 · 912 citations

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Melodrama and modernity: early sensational cinema and its contexts

Choice Reviews Online · 2001 · 455 citations

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The Melodramatic Imagination: Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the Mode of Excess

James W. Tuttleton, Peter Brooks · The Modern Language Review · 1979 · 453 citations

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Everything you always wanted to know about Lacan (but were afraid to ask Hitchcock)

Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 326 citations

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The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment

Laurel Richardson, Barbara Ehrenreich · Journal of Marriage and the Family · 1984 · 306 citations

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Authors

200

  1. PB
    Peter Brooks

    Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia

    4 publications · 1.7K citations

    4

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  2. WL
    Wai Lo

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 44 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. BK
    Benjamin Ka Lun Cheng

    Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR China

    3 publications · 44 citations

    3

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  4. LW
    Linda Williams

    University of South Florida, United States

    3 publications · 261 citations

    3

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  5. RB
    Robert B. Heilman

    University of Washington, United States

    3 publications · 85 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

67

  1. Hong Kong Baptist University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    96 citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

  3. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    77 citations

  4. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    20 citations

  5. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    374 citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    29 citations

  7. University of Essex

    Colchester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. University of Stirling

    Stirling, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 27 publications · 2.7K citations

    21

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  2. Cinema Journal

    9 publications · 343 citations

    9

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  3. Screen

    8 publications · 635 citations

    8

    h-index

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  5. Film Quarterly

    5 publications · 92 citations

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