Melodramatic Expression is a performative aesthetic framework in silent film characterized by exaggerated gestures, heightened emotional states, and clear moral polarization, distinguishing it from subtler or naturalistic modes of cinematic expression through its reliance on overt, gestural storytelling to convey narrative and affect without dialogue.
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2017–2026
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Melodrama and modernity: early sensational cinema and its contexts
Choice Reviews Online · 2001 · 455 citations
For more than one voice: toward a philosophy of vocal expression
Adriana Cavarero · Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 349 citations
Humanities, Literature, Musicology +17
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- MBMatthew Buckley
2 publications · 115 citations
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
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2 publications
29 citations
Vassar College
Town of Poughkeepsie, United States
2 h-index
2 publications
47 citations
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, United States
2 h-index
2 publications
169 citations
New York University Press
New York, United States
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3 publications
38 citations
City University of New York
New York, United States
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2 publications
52 citations
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
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2 publications
51 citations
University of Bergen
Bergen, Norway
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1 publications
34 citations
Bishop's University
Sherbrooke, Canada
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1 publications
14 citations
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- Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 20 publications · 3K citations
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- Screen
8 publications · 779 citations
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- Cinema Journal
7 publications · 179 citations
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- Modern Drama
5 publications · 144 citations
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- American Literature
5 publications · 1.2K citations
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