The Arts of the Prima Donna in the Long Nineteenth Century by Rachel Cowgill

Oxford University Press; Oxford, New York, 2012. Softcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. [MUSIC]. Eds. Rachel Cowgill, Hilary Poriss. Contributors: Francesco Izzo, Roberta Montemorra Marvin, Joy H. Calico, et al. "The Arts of the Prima Donna in the Long Nineteenth Century." Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. English language. Softcover. with black and white illustration. xlvi, 368 pp. 9 x 6 x 1 in. 23 x 16 x 2 cm. A book of academic essays. Text clean. Some dog-earring. Front cover bows out. Very Good. ISBN: 9780195365887. "Female characters assumed increasing prominence in the narratives of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century opera. And for contemporary audiences, many of these characters--and the celebrated women who played them--still define opera at its finest and most searingly affective, even if storylines leave them swooning and faded by the end of the drama. The presence and representation of women in opera has been addressed in a range of recent studies that offer… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. The Arts of the Prima Donna assembles a star-studded yet well-balanced cast of contributors, whose essays combine theoretical approaches to text and narrative, and current theory on gender, performativity, and the commodification of the female body, with the growing understanding of the lives, careers, and performances of the female opera singer.

Oxford University Press, 2012-06-29. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!