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Preferred term

Melodrama, genre  

Definition

  • Movies or plays characterized by extravagant theatricality and by the predominance of plot and physical action over characterization; the genre of dramatic literature constituted by such works [Merriam Web Collegiate, alt.]

Entry terms

  • Films, melodramas
  • Melodramas
  • Plays, melodramas
  • Stories, melodramas

Notation

  • 121913

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-BVL0M7W4-S

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