Pixérécourt and the French Romantic Drama

The purpose of this work is to establish the relationship between the Romantic drama in France of the period 1829-1843 (circa) and the melodrama or 'popular tragedy' which flourished in the second-class theatres during the first three decades of the nineteenth century.

LaceyAlexander: ALEXANDER LACEY, M.A. Ph.D., is associate professor of French at Victoria College, Toronto, Ontario.