Table of Contents

I. Introduction. II. Amnesia and Awakening in Four Melodramas III. Post-war Imaginings of Time and Space. IV. Subjects, Signors, and Signoras: Naming and Interpellation V. Conclusions

About the Author

Johanna Laitila received her PhD at the University of St Andrews School of English, and she has taught Film, Media, and Popular Culture at the University of Dundee.