Muddying the Wells’
Modernist Literary Instincts and the Operatic Ideal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12917727 |
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| Authors | Irene Morra (Institute of World Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 71-83 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modernist Cultures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-8629 • E-ISSN: 2041-1022 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/e2041102209000331 |
| OpenAlex | W2124065999 |
| Language | EN |
Irene Morra shows how the conflict between words and music that was contested in “Billy Budd” can be extended to almost all modern British opera. Morra argues persuasively that a number of modernist writers came to view the libretto “as an alternative literary genre, one that would allow for the expression of literary ideals of musicality”
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Expression (computer science · Ideal (ethics · Instinct · Literature · Musical · Musicality · Opera · Music History and Culture · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy · Theater, Performance, and Music History
| Highly cited | No |
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