Genetic Criticism and the Creative Process: Essays from Music, Literature, and Theater - Hardcover

 
9781580463171: Genetic Criticism and the Creative Process: Essays from Music, Literature, and Theater
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1580463177 ISBN 13: 9781580463171
Publisher: University of Rochester Press, 2009

Synopsis

Studies of the genesis of musical, literary, and theatrical works. Not only the final outcome but the process of creative endeavor has long attracted attention in various artistic disciplines, but only recently has the potential of such research been seriously explored. The most rigorous basis for the study of artistic creativity comes not from anecdotal or autobiographical reports, but from original handwritten sketches and drafts and preliminary studies, as well as from revised manuscripts and typescripts, corrected proof sheets, and similar primary sources. The term "genetic criticism" or "critique génétique" relates not to the field of genetics, but to the genesis of works of art, as studied in a broad and inclusive context. The essays inthis volume explore aspects of genetic criticism in an interdisciplinary context, emphasizing music, literature, and theater. A common thread pertains to the essential continuity between a work and its genesis. This volume bringstogether essays from leading scholars on subjects ranging from biblical scholarship to Samuel Beckett, and from Beethoven's Eroica Symphony to very recent musical compositions. Contributors: Nicolas Donin, Daniel Ferrer, Alan Gosman, R. B. Graves, Joseph E. Jones, William Kinderman, Jean-Louis Lebrave, Lewis Lockwood, Geert Lernout, Peter McCallum, Armine Kotin Mortimer, and James L. Zychowicz William Kinderman is Professor of Musicology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Joseph E. Jones is visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Professor in the School of Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1580463177
ISBN 13 
9781580463171
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
235
Editor
Kinderman William, Jones Joseph E.