negotiating historical and medial difference between Shakespeare and Verdi /
First Statement of Responsibility
Christoph Clausen.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, N.Y. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Rodopi,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (285 pages) :
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music
SERIES
Series Title
Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft,
Volume Designation
93
ISSN of Series
0929-6999 ;
GENERAL NOTES
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Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral), Freie Universität Berlin.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Acknowledgements; Preliminaries; Introduction; 1. Paltering in multiple senses: witchcraft, gender, madness I; 2. Fantastical creatures: witchcraft, gender, madness II; 3. Restoration and its discontents; 4. Shakespeare, opera, difference; Works cited.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In what sense did Shakespeare's representation of the Weird Sisters participate in the rewriting of village witchcraft? Was it likely to "encourage the Sword"? Did opera's specific medial conditions offer Verdi special opportunities to justify the presence of stage witches more than three centuries later? How valid is the parallel between 19th century opera and the voyeurism of madhouse spectacle? Was Shakespeare's play really engaged in the project of exorcizing Queen Elizabeth's cultural memory? What does Verdi's chorus of Scottish refugees have to do with shifting representations of 'the pe.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NOTE (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES)
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Macbeth multiplied.
International Standard Book Number
9042018879
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Macbeth,active 11th century-- Songs and music-- History and criticism.