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245 10 a| Romantic opera and literary form /c| Peter Conrad.;

300 a| vii, 185 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 21 cm.;

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337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

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490 1 a| Quantum books;

504 a| Includes bibliography (pages 179-180) and index.;

505 0 a| Operatic epic and romance -- Operatic Shakespeare -- Operatic allegory -- The operatic novel -- Opera, dance, and painting.;

520 a| "Peter Conrad takes issue with Wagner's well-known rule that opera ought to become music-drama. He argues that other literary forms--epic, romance, allegory, the novel--and art forms which have passed beyond words, like painting and the dance, are equally crucial to the development of opera. Romantic opera in particular shifts from the activism of drama towards the introversion of the novel, until eventually opera finds its formal culmination in renouncing all dramatic externality and turning into its apparent opposite, the symphonic poem. Mr. Conrad's argument draws on a number of unusual sources--among them Berlioz's Shakespearean monodrama Lélio, Goethe's continuation and Auden's translation of Die Zauberflote, and Hofmannsthal's revision of Die Frau ohne Schatten as a novel--and recovers the operatic criticism of a distinguished group of writers, including Heine, Schopenhauer, Shaw, Arthur Symons, D'Annunzio, Hofmannsthal, and Auden. Romantic Opera and Literary Form is not only a welcome addition to the small number of stimulating books about opera; it also has important implications for literary history, approaching romantic culture from an original and unexpected angle."--Dust jacket.;

545 a| "Peter Conrad is Tutor and University Lecturer in English at Christ Church, Oxford. He is the author of The Victorian Treasure-House and a forthcoming book on Shandyism."--Dust jacket.;

650 0 a| Music and literature.=| ^A17407;

650 0 a| Libretto.=| ^A41533;

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Romantic opera and literary form / Peter Conrad.

Author/creator	Conrad, Peter
Format	Book
Publication Info	Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, ©1977.
Description	vii, 185 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Subjects	Music and literature. Libretto. Opera--19th century. Romanticism in music.

Series	Quantum books Quantum books. ^A910633
Contents	Operatic epic and romance -- Operatic Shakespeare -- Operatic allegory -- The operatic novel -- Opera, dance, and painting.
Abstract	"Peter Conrad takes issue with Wagner's well-known rule that opera ought to become music-drama. He argues that other literary forms--epic, romance, allegory, the novel--and art forms which have passed beyond words, like painting and the dance, are equally crucial to the development of opera. Romantic opera in particular shifts from the activism of drama towards the introversion of the novel, until eventually opera finds its formal culmination in renouncing all dramatic externality and turning into its apparent opposite, the symphonic poem. Mr. Conrad's argument draws on a number of unusual sources--among them Berlioz's Shakespearean monodrama Lélio, Goethe's continuation and Auden's translation of Die Zauberflote, and Hofmannsthal's revision of Die Frau ohne Schatten as a novel--and recovers the operatic criticism of a distinguished group of writers, including Heine, Schopenhauer, Shaw, Arthur Symons, D'Annunzio, Hofmannsthal, and Auden. Romantic Opera and Literary Form is not only a welcome addition to the small number of stimulating books about opera; it also has important implications for literary history, approaching romantic culture from an original and unexpected angle."--Dust jacket.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliography (pages 179-180) and index.
Biographical note	"Peter Conrad is Tutor and University Lecturer in English at Christ Church, Oxford. He is the author of The Victorian Treasure-House and a forthcoming book on Shandyism."--Dust jacket.
LCCN	76014312
ISBN	0520032586
ISBN	9780520032583

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