单词 | sensation drama |
释义 | > as lemmassensation drama sensation drama n. now historical a drama depicting lurid, shocking, or thrilling material, a melodrama; (also) such works as a genre. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a melodrama melodrame?1795 melodrama1804 sensation drama1858 Guignol1882 melo1889 drama1895 Grand Guignol1905 1858 N.Y. Times 2 Feb. 4/6 That remarkable sensation-drama called ‘Birds of Prey’. 1903 T. A. Brown Hist. N.Y. Stage II. 491 Bartley Campbell's first attempt at play writing was in 1871 when he composed a sensation drama. 2010 K. Newey in F. O'Gorman Cambr. Compan. Victorian Culture vii. 131 Sensation drama broke new ground for English writing, by introducing complex female protagonists caught in morally ambiguous situations. < as lemmas |
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