Deborah W Rooke (93 results)

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9781446281963.

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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9781446209172.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9780857024992.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9781446259207.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 200 pages. 9.13x6.06x0.55 inches. In Stock.

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Condition: very_good. This book is in Very good condition. There may be a few flaws like shelf wear and some light wear.

Condition: Fine. ~No ownership marks. ~Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Size: 277,3pp.

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 169 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Never read, pages are clean, no marks in the text. Our copy is a new hardback with a dust jacket showing light shelfwear.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 2012 OUP hardcover edition. Heavy bump and crease to back cover but complete and readable. From the cover: Handel's Israelite oratorios are today little known among non-specialists, but in their own day they were unique, pioneering and extremely popular. Dating from the period 1732-1752, they combine the musical conventions of Italian opera with dramatic plots in English that are adaptations of Old Testament narratives. They constitute a form of biblical interpretation, but to date, there has been no thoroughgoing study of the theological ideas or the attitudes towards the biblical text that might be conveyed in the oratorios' libretti. This book aims to fill that gap from an interdisciplinary perspective. Combining the insights of present-day biblical studies with those of Handelian studies, Deborah W. Rooke examines the libretti of ten oratorios - Esther, Deborah, Athalia, Saul, Samson, Joseph and his Brethren, Judas Macchabaeus, Solomon, Susanna and Jephtha - and evaluates the relationship between each libretto and the biblical story on which it is based. Rooke comments on each biblical text from a modern scholarly perspective, and then compares the modern interpretation with the version of the biblical narrative that appears in the relevant libretto. Where the libretto is based on a prior dramatic or literary adaptation of the biblical narrative, she also discusses the prior adaptation and how it relates to both the biblical text and the corresponding oratorio libretto. In this way the distinctive nuances of the oratorio libretti are highlighted, and each libretto is then analysed and interpreted in the light of eighteenth-century religion, scholarship, culture and politics. The result is a fascinating exploration not only of the oratorio libretti but also of how culture and context determines the nature of biblical interpretation. Contents: Introit 1. To Laugh or Not to Laugh: The Question of Esther 2. A Gender Agenda: Deborah in Holy Writ and Handel 3. Jezebel, Joash, and Jesus Christ: Aspects of Athalia 4. Saul: Tragedy, Treachery, and Theology 5. From Wild Man to War Hero: The Story of Samson 6. Joseph: Saint or Sinner? Italian Opera, Handelian Oratorio, and Eighteenth-century Commentaries 7. Judas Maccabaeus: Justifying the 1745 Anti-Jacobite Campaign 8. Solomon and his Women: A Handelian Triptych 9. Susanna: A Marriage Made in Heaven 10. Sex and Death, or the Death of Sex: The Fate of Jephthah's Daughter Postlude Bibliography Index of Scripture References Index of Names.…

Condition: New. pp. 182.

Gebunden. Condition: New.