Virginia Woolf and Classical Music - Sutton, Emma

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Résumé :
This groundbreaking study explores the formative influence of classical music on Woolf's writing, illustrating the importance of music to Woolf's domestic, social and creative lives.

Biographie:

Emma Sutton is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Her publications include Aubrey Beardsley and British Wagnerism in the 1890s (Oxford UP, 2002), and Opera and the Novel (co-edited with Michael Downes, 2012). She is a contributor to Cambridge UP's forthcoming Wagner Encyclopedia, is editing The Voyage Out for their scholarly edition of Woolf's work and has written widely and broadcast on music and literature.

Sommaire:
Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Editions Used in the Text; Introduction; 1. On Not Writing Opera; 2. Killing the Pianist in the House; 3. Death in Effigy; 4. Fugues, Flights & Free Association; 5. What it Really Means to be English; 6. Only Suggest; Bibliography; Index.