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Performing Salome, revealing stories /

This volume explores Salome's appropriation and reincarnation across the arts - not just Wilde's heroine, nor Richard Strauss's - but Salome as a cultural icon in fin-de-siècle society, whose appeal for ever new interpretations of the biblical story still endures today. Using Salome...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rowden, Clair (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2013]
Colección:Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This volume explores Salome's appropriation and reincarnation across the arts - not just Wilde's heroine, nor Richard Strauss's - but Salome as a cultural icon in fin-de-siècle society, whose appeal for ever new interpretations of the biblical story still endures today. Using Salome as a common starting point, each chapter suggests new ways in which performing bodies reveal alternative stories, narratives and perspectives, and offer a range and breadth of source material and theoretical approaches. Rowden develops case studies dealing with censorship, reception, authorial reputation, appropria.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (244 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781317082262
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