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. |
| Резюме: |
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, Louisa May Alcott, Kate Chopin, Willa Cather, Henry James, and Edith Wharton--captured the transformations of a rapidly changing American literary landscape. Although they turned to opera for different reasons, they all saw a twofold function in the art form: a means of expressing a private aesthetic exp. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (163 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-155) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780807136751 0807136751 9780807134917 0807134910 |