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In the Search of Character ( in Nineteenth-century Theories of Opera and Artistic Prose )

Author(s): Elżbieta Nowicka
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Music, Aesthetics, 18th Century, 19th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne
Keywords: opera; theories of music; theories of literature; character; nineteenth century;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses texts regarding the opera character, or indirectly linked to it, by a number of authors from the late eighteenth century to the last decades of the nineteenth century: Sulzer, Rousseau, Hoffmann, Stendhal, Baudelaire, Wagner. The author focuses on their theoretical texts and artistic prose. The analysis indicates a strong multilateral involvement of the reflection on the topic of character in contemporary aesthetic views and anthropological concepts.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 42
  • Page Range: 15-32
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish