Berlioz, Verdi, Wagner, Britten: Great Shakespeareans: Volume XI
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Berlioz, Verdi, Wagner, Britten: Great Shakespeareans: Volume XI
By (Author) Professor Daniel Albright
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Continuum Publishing Corporation
24th May 2012
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
822.33
Physical Properties
Hardback
256
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally.
In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution ofBerlioz, Verdi, Wagner and Brittentothe afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his plays. Each substantial contributionassesses the double impact of Shakespeare on the figure covered and of the figure on the understanding, interpretation and appreciation of Shakespeare, provide a sketch of their subject's intellectual and professional biography and an account of the wider cultural context, including comparison with other figures or works within the same field.
Author Bio
Daniel Albright is Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature at Harvard University, USA. His books include Modernism and Music (Chicago, 2004) and Berlioz's Semi-Operas (Rochester, 2001). He is General Editor of Border Crossings: Modernism in Music, Literature, and the Visual Arts (Garland Publishing).
