Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-348) and index.
Contents
Virgins, mountains, opera -- "At the foot of the Alps" : the landscape of La sonnambula -- Linda di Chamounix and the ideology of chastity -- The politics of genre in Luisa Miller -- Deflowering the Alps : from I promessi sposi to La Wally and Fedora -- La fanciulla del West : a new landscape for a new virgin.