Pixerecourt : Four Melodramas

This volume contains four of Pixerecourt's most important melodramas: The Ruins of Babylon, or Jafar and Zaida; The Dog of Montargis, or The Forest of Bondy; Christopher Columbus, or the Discovery of the New World; and Alice, or The Scottish Gravediggers. Also included is Charles Nodier 's introduction to the 1843 Collected Edition of Pixerecourt's plays and two theoretical essays by the playwright, "Melodrama," and "Final Reflections on Melodrama."

INTRODUCTION

vii

Charles Nodier's "Introduction" to Pixérécourt's Théátre Choisi

xi

THE RUINS OF BABYLON or JAFAR AND ZAIDA

1

(88)

THE DOG OF MONTARGIS or THE FOREST OF BONDY

89

(54)

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS or THE DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD

143

(86)

ALICE or THE SCOTTISH GRAVEDIGGERS

229

(80)

THEORETICAL WRITINGS BY PIXÉRÉCOURT

"Melodrama" and "Final Reflections on Melodrama"

309

(12)

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

321

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