The Lyric Myth of Voice: Civilizing Song in Enlightenment Italy

by Jessica Gabriel Peritz

How did "voice" become a metaphor for selfhood in the Western imagination? The Lyric Myth of Voice situates the emergence of an ideological connection between voice and subjectivity in late eighteenth-century Italy, where long-standing political anxieties and new notions of cultural enlightenment collided in the mythical figure of the lyric poet-singer. Ultimately, music and literature together shaped the singing voice into a tool for civilizing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520380797
• ISBN13: 9780520380790
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"