The literary lorgnette : attending opera in imperial Russia / Julie A. Buckler.
| Author/creator |
Buckler, Julie A. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, ©2000. |
| Description | xii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Introduction -- Attending opera: a literary ethnography of the St. Petersburg Bolshoi theater -- Embodying opera: the prima donna in Russia -- Representing opera: scene and self -- Naturalizing opera: the case of La Traviata in Russia -- Reading opera: the theater of psychological prose -- Divining opera: literary tales of operatic heroines -- Appendix: Russian texts. |
| Abstract | This book treats opera-going in imperial Russia from multiple perspectives, and discusses such canonical works as Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Goncharov's Oblomov, major operatic works including Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and Verdi's La Traviata, the impact of Western opera in Russia and the Russian-style prima donna. The book engages with poems, sketches, feuilletons, stories, and rarely-discussed Russian novels, as well as non-fictional reminiscences, reviews, and visual images. Throughout, the book is enriched with examples and anecdotes about performers, spectators, and critics, and reception histories of specific operatic works. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-289) and index. |
| LCCN | 99086375 |
| ISBN | 0804732477 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML1737 .B83 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |