Fr. 36.50

The Castrato and His Wife

Inglese · Copertina rigida

Spedizione di solito entro 3 a 5 settimane

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Informationen zum Autor Helen Berry is Reader in Early Modern History at Newcastle University. She is the author of numerous articles on the history of eighteenth-century Britain, and is the co-editor (with Elizabeth Foyster) of The Family in Early Modern England (2007). This is her second book. Klappentext The tale of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci, 18th century castrato, celebrity, and heart-throb, and his elopement and love affair with his teenage pupil Doroethea Maunsell, a story that opens up a new history of attitudes towards sex and celebrity in Georgian Britain, and explores questions about the meaning of marriage that resonate in our own time. Zusammenfassung The tale of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci, 18th century castrato, celebrity, and heart-throb, and his elopement and love affair with his teenage pupil Doroethea Maunsell, a story that opens up a new history of attitudes towards sex and celebrity in Georgian Britain, and explores questions about the meaning of marriage that resonate in our own time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prelude 1: The Pig Man Arrives in Monte San Savino 2: Schooling Angels in Naples 3: The Castrato in London 4: Fancying Tenducci 5: A Dublin Scuffle 6: The Elopement 7: Married Life 8: The Trial 9: Legacy Coda Abbreviations Notes Select Bibliography Index

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