Tragic Manhood and Democracy: Verdi's Voice and the Powers of Musical Art

by David A.J. Richards

Book Overview

What is tragedy? This work argues that it is, at once, art and science -- an absorbing art and precisely observed empirical inquiry into human psychology, whose subject matter is the dilemma of manhood under democracy. The author expands discussion of the idea of the tragic to include music drama in general and the operas of Verdi in particular, and explores the indispensable contribution of tragedy to an understanding of personal and political psychology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845190424
• ISBN13: 9781845190422
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.6"