by David J. Levin (Editor)

This collection of 8 essays introduces literary and cultural theorists into the domain of operatic textual analysis, long the exclusive preserve of musicologists. The contributors include some of the most distinguished critics of the past 30 years, most of them writing about opera for the first time.

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This collection of eight essays introduces literary and cultural theorists into the domain of operatic textual analysis, offering a fresh look at underexamined terrain.