Overtones of opera in American literature from Whitman to Wharton /
In this captivating work, Carmen Trammell Skaggs examines the discourse of opera--both the art form and the social institution--in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American literature. Through the lens of opera, she maintains, major American writers--including Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, L...
| Основен автор: | Skaggs, Carmen Trammell, 1976- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
℗♭2010.
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Overtones of opera in American literature from Whitman to Wharton. |
Съдържание:
- Embodying poetic transcendence: Whitman and opera
- Divided attention: the opera house in Poe and Alcott
- An awakening of the artist: opera in Chopin and Cather
- A standard of taste and form: opera in the cosmopolitan world of James and Wharton.