Echoes in the Text: Musical Citation in German Narratives from Theodor Fontane to Martin Walser
Summary
Literature's role in developing a musical canon emerges from this study of German fiction between 1880 and 1987. It provides a close analysis of the various ways in which music is involved in selected novels and novellas by Theodor Fontane, Arthur Schnitzler, Alfred Döblin and Martin Walser. Chapters on Fontane and Schnitzler examine each author's musical biography as background to the use of the art in his fiction. For today's readers, perhaps less familiar with the music on which these texts draw, the study enlarges their appreciation of these narratives by amplifying the resonance of the musical citations.
Similar Books
-
Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literatureby Erich Auerbach
-
Texterminationby Christine Brooke-Rose
-
Douglas Couplandby Andrew Tate
-
Mary Higgins Clark: A Critical Companionby Linda De Roche
-
Visions Across the Americas: Short Essays for Compositionby J. Sterling; Hilliard Warner
-
Portable Legacies: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Nonfictionby Jan Zlotnik Schmidt
-
Legacies: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Nonfictionby Jan Zlotnik Schmidt
-
Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A Casebookby Gene M. Moore
-
Root and Branchby Thomas Honegger
-
A History of Scandinavian Literature, 1870-1980by Sven H. Rossel
-
A History of Scandinavian Literature, 1870-1980 (Volume 5)by Sven H. Rossel
-
-
Aharon Appelfeld: From Individual Lament to Tribal Eternityby Yigal Schwartz
-
Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Optimist Reformerby Jill Rudd
-
-
Jules Verne Rediscovered: Didacticism and the Scientific Novelby Arthur B. Evans
-
-
-
-
-
Emily Lawless (1845-1913): Writing the Interspaceby Heidi Hansson
-
Taking Sides: Stefan Heym's Historical Fictionby Meg Tait