E. T. A. Hoffmann, Cosmopolitanism, and the Struggle for German Opera

Language: English

Published by Brill, NL, 2015

900430956X / 9789004309562

Series: Book 10 of 11 - Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft

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In this first monograph on E. T. A. Hoffmann and opera, Francien Markx examines Hoffmann's writings on opera and the challenges they pose to established narratives of aesthetic autonomy, the search for a national opera, and Hoffmann's biography. Markx discusses Hoffmann's lifelong fascination with opera against the backdrop of eighteenth-century theater reform, the creation of national identity, contemporary performance practices and musical and aesthetic discourses as voiced by C. M. von Weber, A. W. Schlegel, Heine, and Wagner, among others. The book reconsiders the traditional view that German opera followed a deterministic trajectory toward Wagner's Gesamtkunstwerk and reveals a cosmopolitan spirit in Hoffmann's operatic vision, most notably exemplified by his controversial advocacy for Spontini in Berlin.

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Title
E. T. A. Hoffmann, Cosmopolitanism, and the Struggle for German Opera
Author
Francien Markx
Publisher
Brill, NL
Publication year
2015
Condition
New
Binding
Hardback
Language
English
ISBN 10
900430956X
ISBN 13
9789004309562
Item weight
891 grams
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15.88 x 3.18 x 23.5 cm
Series
Book 10 of 11: Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft

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