Opera and the culture of fascism
Auteur :
Tambling, Jeremy
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198165668
Date de publication :
3 oct. 1996
Dimensions :
24,2 x 16,1 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
595 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This study looks at 19th and early 20th century opera as part of a culture which produced fascism as a crisis-state, and threatened to extinguish the genre as an influential form of art altogether. The author highlights the themes of the cultural crisis through a discussion of a dozen operas.