The Puccini Problem: Opera, Nationalism, and Modernity

by Alexandra Wilson

Book Overview

A detailed investigation of the reception and cultural contexts of Puccini's music, this book offers a fresh view of this historically important but frequently overlooked composer. Wilson's study explores the ways in which Puccini's music and persona were held up as both the antidote to and the embodiment of the decadence widely felt to be afflicting late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Italy, a nation which although politically unified remained...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521106370
• ISBN13: 9780521106375
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"