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Enchantment
Jean Starobinski
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Description for Enchantment
What is it about the marriage of music and the stage that fills us with such bewilderment and passion? What is opera's seductive promise and how does it draw us into its embrace? This study considers the allure of several seducers and seductresses from nineteenth-century opera - Monteverdi's "Poppea", Handel's "Alcina", and Massenet's "Manon". Translator(s): Delogu, C. Jon. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
We often look to the theater for spectacle and wonder, but in opera, we find pure enchantment. What is it about the marriage of music and the stage that fills us with such bewilderment and passion? How does the sensual space of opera transport us into the realm of dream? Jean Starobinski considers the allure of several seducers and seductresses from nineteenth-century opera-Monteverdi's Poppea, Handel's Alcina, and Massenet's Manon, among others-and how their stories are woven into the fabric of Western culture. A talented storyteller and renowned critic of literature and music, Starobinski moves from musical analysis and textual exegesis ... Read more
We often look to the theater for spectacle and wonder, but in opera, we find pure enchantment. What is it about the marriage of music and the stage that fills us with such bewilderment and passion? How does the sensual space of opera transport us into the realm of dream? Jean Starobinski considers the allure of several seducers and seductresses from nineteenth-century opera-Monteverdi's Poppea, Handel's Alcina, and Massenet's Manon, among others-and how their stories are woven into the fabric of Western culture. A talented storyteller and renowned critic of literature and music, Starobinski moves from musical analysis and textual exegesis ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
Number of Pages
288
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231140904
SKU
V9780231140904
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About Jean Starobinski
Jean Starobinski is a well-known critic of French and comparative literature, and of music, and has taught at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Basel, and the University of Geneva. His books in translation include Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Transparency and Obstruction; The Living Eye; Action and Reaction: The Life and Adventures of a Couple; and The Invention of Liberty, 1700-1789.C. Jon ... Read more
Reviews for Enchantment
[A] thought-provoking philosophical study... Recommended. Library Journal