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FromtheEditors
Theessaysinthisvolumeexplorevariousaspectsofcreativeinterconnections
betweenliterature,music,theatreandperformancein18thand19th-
centuryBritain,bringinganenhancedunderstandingoftheliterarytexts
thatarediscussed.TheywerepresentedattwointerrelatedWarsawLiterary
Meetingsin2018:thefirstwasdedicatedtoliteratureandmusic,thesecond
-toliterature,dramaandperformance.Theessaysadoptdiversecritical
standpointsandmethodologies,demonstratingnumerousinterpretative
possibilitiesofthethemes,andhavebeenarrangedintwoparts:flMusic”
andflTheatreandPerformance.”
PierreDuboisinvestigates-withaparticularfocusonsuchauthorsas
HenryFielding,SamuelRichardson,LawrenceSterneandFrancesBurney-
themeaningandroleofmusicalreferencesintheGeorgiannovel,arguing
that,paradoxically,theybothenrichandshowthelimitationsofthenovelist’s
art.IntheearlyGeorgiannovelofRichardsonandFielding,musicisusedto
enactamoralandaestheticclassificationofthecharactersandhasnocritical
autonomy.AsPierreDuboisargues,itsroleisradicallydiferentinthenovels
ofSternewhenwordsproveinadequateforexpressingideasorfeelingssince
thenovelistquestionstheabilityofwordstoconveyanyaccuratemeaning.
Conversely,inthenovelsofsensibility,especiallythosewrittenbyfemale
authors(Radclife,Edgeworth,Burney)musicoftenreplacesspeechasthe
bestmediumfortheheroinetoexpressherself.MariaBłaszkiewiczdissects
GeorgeFredericHandel’sadaptationofJohnMilton’stragicclosetdrama
SamsonAgonistes(1671).SheclaimsthatinHandel’sBaroquethree-act
oratorio,whichwasdesignedwithspecificallytheatricalobjectivesinmind,
thetripartitethematicstructuremirrorsthedesignofMilton’stragedy,
allowingthecomposertodisplayhistalentbyafullspectrumofemotional
appeal.MałgorzataŁuczyńska-Hołdys,inturn,examinesmusicalimageryin
PercyByssheShelley’sflOdetotheWestWind,”AlastorandflToConstantia,
Singing,”particularlyinrelationtotheimageoftheAeolianharp.The
authoralsoaddressestheissueofthegenderimplicationsoftheAeolian
lyreandfeminisationofpoetryandthepoetinShelley’spoeticalworksand
literarycriticism.Finally,AnnaKrawczyk-Łaskarzewska’sarticleanalyses
thecomplexityofsoundscapesinElizabethGaskell’sTheOldNurse’sStory