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Coquettes, wives, and widows : gender politics in French baroque opera and theater /
Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French theatrical works created an uneasy dialogue with the often-blistering depictions of marriage in contemporary writings by literary women. For over a century, composers and librettists attempted to silence such anti-traditionalist views through dramas that ri...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Rochester, NY :
University of Rochester Press,
2020
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| Series: | Eastman studies in music.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Front cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One: From Platée's Frog-Like Flirt to Pompadour's Yellow Skin
- Chapter Two: A "Mistress of Her Own Affairs"
- Chapter Three: The Price of Independence
- Chapter Four: "Everywhere Our Hearts Are in Danger"
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index