Sentimental Drama is a genre of eighteenth-century British drama characterized by its emphasis on moral earnestness, emotional sensitivity, and the portrayal of virtuous characters overcoming adversity through innate goodness, distinguishing it from both Restoration comedy and tragic forms by prioritizing affective appeal and ethical instruction over wit or fatal flaw.
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Variants
Sentimental Dramas
Parents
Publications
16
Melodrama: the cultural emergence of a genre
Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 214 citations
Sentimental Comedy: Theory and Practice.
Linda Troost, Frank H. Ellis · Eighteenth-Century Studies · 1992 · 52 citations
Humanities, Film Studies, Drama +7
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Authors
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- GH
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- MSMontague Summers
1 publications · 72 citations
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- TD
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- DJ
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- EBErnest Bernbaum
1 publications · 72 citations
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Institutions
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Queen Mary University of London
London, United Kingdom
1 h-index
1 publications
14 citations
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
1 h-index
1 publications
12 citations
John Carroll University
University Heights, United States
1 h-index
1 publications
16 citations
Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
1 h-index
1 publications
11 citations
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
1 h-index
1 publications
34 citations
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Venues
- Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 3 publications · 295 citations
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- The Modern Language Review
2 publications · 88 citations
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- ELH
1 publications · 12 citations
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- Australian Journal of French Studies
AJFS · 1 publications · 12 citations
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- Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University)
Repository · 1 publications · 17 citations
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