Overtones of opera in american literature from whitman to wharton
Auteur :
Skaggs, Carmen Trammell
Éditeur :
Louisiana State University Press
ISBN :
9780807134917
Date de publication :
30 janv. 2010
Dimensions :
21,8 x 14,4 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
340 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In this captivating work, Carmen Trammell Skaggs examines the discourse of opera - both the art form and the social institution -- in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American literature. Through the lens of opera, she maintains, major American writers captured the transformations of a rapidly changing American literary landscape.