Narrative interludes : musical tableaux in eighteenth-century French texts / Tili Boon Cuillé.
| Author/creator | Cuillé, Tili Boon |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2005. |
| Description | xxiv, 284 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | University of Toronto romance series University of Toronto romance series. ^A136283 |
| Contents | Tableau theory -- Music and language: La querelle des bouffons -- Diderot and musical mimesis -- Cazotte and reader re-creation -- Beaumarchais's staged songs -- Music and morality: La querelle des femmes -- Charrière's exercises in equivocation -- Cottin, Krüdener, and musical mesmerism -- Staël's sweet revenge. |
| Abstract | In a study spanning the latter half of the eighteenth century, the author brings the cultural discourse on music and musicians to bear on the works of Diderot, Cazotte, Beaumarchais, Charriere, Cottin, Krudener, and Stael. She turns attention from the representation of music to its moral repercussions, from aesthetic innovation to social resistance, and from national to gender politics. Juxtaposing pre-eminent and popular writers, the author reads their fictional works in light of their treatises on art and society, exploring the significance of musical tableaux that have previously fallen outside the scope of literary analysis but that revolutionized the form and function of music in the text. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 0802038425 : |
| ISBN | 9780802038425 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML1727.3 .C966 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |