Fantasies of Music in Nostalgic Medievalism

This book studies the ways in which three fields of creative activity inspired by the medieval - musical performance, literature, cinema and their reception - have worked together to produce and sustain the fantasy of a long-lost, long-mourned paradisal home.

Summary

This book studies the ways in which three fields of creative activity inspired by the medieval – musical performance, literature, cinema and their reception – have worked together to produce and sustain the fantasy of a long-lost, long-mourned paradisal home. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Helen Dell, Dell Helen
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9781526173959
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-7395-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Fantasy, FICTION / Fantasy / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Western "classical" music, FICTION / Performing Arts / Music