Serious dialogue: melodrama tradition
Abstract
Dickens’ passion for the theatre was not always a blessing. Particularly in his early work it gave him a tendency to create stereotyped characters uttering melodramatic verbiage in dully conventional moments of high drama.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Theatre and Performance Studies
Shakespeare
Adaptation
and Literary Criticism
Theater
Performance
and Music History
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 43–47
- Publication date
- 9 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter