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Author Clausen, Christoph.

Title Macbeth multiplied : negotiating historical and medial difference between Shakespeare and Verdi / Christoph Clausen
Published Amsterdam ; New York, N.Y. : Rodopi, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (285 pages) : music
Series Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft, 0929-6999 ; 93
Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 93. 0929-6999
Contents 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
Summary 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
Notes Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral), Freie Universität Berlin
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Macbeth.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century -- Songs and music -- History and criticism
SUBJECT Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century fast
Macbeth (Shakespeare, William) fast
Macbeth (Verdi, Giuseppe) fast
Subject Opera -- Italy -- 19th century
Music and literature.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Opera.
Music and literature
Opera
Songs
Italy
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1423791223
9781423791225
9401202435
9789401202435