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 | Melodrama and Modernity by Benjamin D. Singer Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-231-11329-3 / 0231113293 ISBN-13: 978-0-231-11329-8 / 9780231113298 In this groundbreaking investigation into the nature and meanings of melodrama in American culture between 1880 and 1920, Ben Singer offers a challenging new reevaluation of early American cinema and the era that spawned it. Singer looks back to the sensational or "blood and thunder" melodramas (e.g | |