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Zwart, H A E Hub

 
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Synopsis

This monograph studies opera as music drama, guided by four ideas: opera as an ambiance (setting an acoustic stage where dramatic action becomes possible), as a Gesamtkunstwerk (incorporating other arts forms into a coherent whole), as archaeology (revivifying lost worlds of experience) and as a dialectical syllogism (resulting in the negation of a paralysing negation via a dramatic act). We focus on Richard Wagner, as composer and author, but also address other music dramas (by Giacomo Puccini and John Adams), adopting a Hegelian dialectical perspective, but involving other dialectical thinkers (e.g., Marx and Engels) as well.

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À propos de l'auteur

Hub Zwart is professor of philosophy and Dean of Erasmus School of Philosophy (Erasmus University Rotterdam). His research develops a dialectical perspective on contemporary science, confronting it with genres of the imagination (drama, poetry, novels, music).

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