English & Comparative Literary Studies - Events Calendar
Prof Marcie Frank, "The Melodramatic Actress"
Location: Humanities Building, H.058
The 'Melodramatic Actress' happens when the narratorr of a novel talks directly to a character. This talk tracks the appearance of this mode of addressfrom Inchbald's Nature and Art (1796) through to moments of elevated feeling in Dickens, Trollope and Hardy. is Professor of English at Concordia University. For more information, please contact Michael Meeuwis, m.meeuwis@warwick.ac.uk.