"Muddying the wells": Modernist literary instincts and the operatic ideal

Morra, Irene 2007. "Muddying the wells": Modernist literary instincts and the operatic ideal. Modernist Cultures 3 (1) , pp. 71-83. 10.3366/E2041102209000331

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Abstract

Irene Morra shows how the conflict between words and music that was contested in “Billy Budd” can be extended to almost all modern British opera. Morra argues persuasively that a number of modernist writers came to view the libretto “as an alternative literary genre, one that would allow for the expression of literary ideals of musicality”.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects:	M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature of music P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
ISSN:	2041-1022
Last Modified:	22 Feb 2013 05:06
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/42717

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