| Description |
xi, 203 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Defining opera
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Defining opera.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Disordered not mad. Personality disorder ; Madness ; Personality disorder versus madness ; Life and art -- The flawed personality : Otello and Boris. Otello (Verdi) ; Boris Godunov (Musorgsky) -- The psychopathic personality : Iago and Claggart. Iago (Verdi) ; John Claggart (Britten) -- The (paranoid) schizoid personality : Wozzeck and Grimes. Woyzeck and Wozzeck (Berg) ; Peter Grimes (Britten) -- The borderline personality : Werther and Hermann. Werther (Massenet) ; Hermann (Tchaikovsky) -- The histrionic and narcissistic personality : Don Giovanni and Onegin. Don Giovanni (Mozart) ; Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) -- The depressed personality : Faust and Aschenbach. Faust (Gounod) ; Gustav von Aschenbach (Britten). |
| Language |
English text. |
| Subject |
Heroes in opera -- Psychological aspects.
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Heroes in opera. |
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Psychological aspects. |
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Opera -- Psychological aspects.
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Opera -- Psychological aspects. |
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Opera. |
| Added Author |
Seymour, Claire, 1970- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780993198335 paperback |
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0993198333 paperback |
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9780993198328 hardback |
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0993198325 hardback |
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