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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: J. P. E. Harper-Scott (Royal Holloway, University of London)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.50cm Weight: 0.610kg ISBN: 9781108402873ISBN 10: 1108402879 Pages: 345 Publication Date: 29 October 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPart I. Mappa Mundi: 1. Defining ideology; 2. Ideological narratives; Part II. The Ship of State: 3. From manifest violence to its historical sediment; 4. The occultation of history; Part III. New World: 5. Women and children; 6. A shadow falls on castle walls.Reviews'The author is interested in Britten's ideology and studies this by focusing on the origins, nature, and structure of the ideas in the operas. Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals.' R. Pitts, Choice '... deeply original and brilliantly wrought ... Ideology in Britten's Operas is an intellectually stimulating achievement-agile in critical-theoretical perspective, musical in its score analyses, and engaging to read. It is also an ambitious book, seeking in Britten's operas a testing-ground for a broader ideologically framed criticism.' Philip Rupprecht, Music and Letters 'The author is interested in Britten's ideology and studies this by focusing on the origins, nature, and structure of the ideas in the operas. Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals.' R. Pitts, Choice 'The author is interested in Britten's ideology and studies this by focusing on the origins, nature, and structure of the ideas in the operas. Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals.' R. Pitts, Choice Author InformationJ. P. E. Harper-Scott is Professor of Music History and Theory at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has published extensively on music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with a particular focus on twentieth-century British music. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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