Fullness of dissonance : modern fiction and the aesthetics of music / Daniel C. Melnick
1994, 1st edition. Rutherford ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Associated University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #407052
ISBN: 0838635253
Physical description; vii, 159 p ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (149-156) and index. Contents; A sinister resonance : dissonance and the theory of modern fiction -- Early romantic ideas of music : Rousseau and Beethoven -- Literature and music in the nineteenth century : from Schopenhauer to Wagner -- Music and the modern imagination : Nietzsche and Schoenberg -- The dissonant aesthetic in Continental fiction : Proust, music, and the reader -- The ethic of dissonance : a study of Mann's Doctor Faustus -- Music and modern British fiction : dissonant Ulysses, a study of how to read Joyce -- Conclusion : on the discoveries of dissonance in modern fiction. Subjects; 1800-1999. Fiction 19th century History and criticism. Fiction 20th century History and criticism. Music and literature. Music Philosophy and aesthetics. English literature 19th century Relationship to music. English literature 20th century Relationship to music. Fiction 19th century History and criticism. Fiction 20th century History and criticism. Music and literature. Music Philosophy and aesthetics. Musical fiction History and criticism. Musical fiction History and criticism.
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