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1 online resource (285 pages) : music. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft,
0929-6999 ;
93
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Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 93.
0929-6999
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| Note |
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral), Freie Universität Berlin. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Macbeth.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth.
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Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century -- Songs and music -- History and criticism.
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Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century. |
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Macbeth (Shakespeare, William) |
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Macbeth (Verdi, Giuseppe) |
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Opera -- Italy -- 19th century.
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Opera. |
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Italy. |
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19th century |
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Music and literature.
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Music and literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Clausen, Christoph. Macbeth multiplied. Amsterdam ; New York, N.Y. : Rodopi, 2005 9042018879 (OCoLC)63197216 |
| ISBN |
1423791223 (electronic book) |
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9781423791225 (electronic book) |
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9042018879 |
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9789042018877 |
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