| Description |
xxii, 280 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Garland reference library of the humanities ;
vol. 2065. Studies in modern drama ;
vol. 10
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Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 2065.
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Garland reference library of the humanities. Studies in modern drama ; v. 10.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-267) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Reading Sondheim : the end of ever after / Sandor Goodhart -- The sung and the said : literary value in the musical dramas of Stephen Sondheim / Thomas P. Adler -- Maternity, madness and art in the theater of Stephen Sondheim / Allen W. Menton -- "Every day a little death" : Sondheim's un-musicaling of marriage / Kay Young -- The funeral of Follies : Stephen Sondheim and the razing of American musical theater / Ann Marie McEntee -- Difference and sameness : Tarchetti's Fosca, Scola's Passione d'amore, and Sondheim's Passion / Shoshana Milgram Knapp -- "It takes two" : a duet on duets in Follies and Sweeney Todd / Paul M. Puccio and Scott F. Stoddart -- Enchantment on the manicured lawns : the Shakespearean "green world" in A little night music / Paul M. Puccio -- Arresting development : law, love, and the name-of-the-father in Sweeney Todd / Joseph Marchesani -- Visions and re-visions : the postmodern challenge of Merrily we roll along / S.F. Stoddart -- A cathedral to art / Frank Olley -- "Happily...ever..." NEVER : the antithetical romance of Into the woods / S.F. Stoddart -- "The mother's part" : love, letters, and reading in Sondheim's Passion / Sandor Goodhart. |
| Subject |
Sondheim, Stephen -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Sondheim, Stephen. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Musicals -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Musicals. |
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United States. |
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Sondheim, Stephen -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Musicals. |
| Added Author |
Goodhart, Sandor.
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| ISBN |
081532832X alkaline paper |
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