Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Melodramas of masculinity : Desperate remedies and The mayor of Castorbridge -- pt. 2. Sensational bodies, melodramatic spectacles : Far from the Madding Crowd and A Laodicean -- pt. 3. Melodramas of modernity and class status : The hand of Ethelberta and Jude the obscure.
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