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Emblems of Eloquence: Opera and Women’s Voices in Seventeenth-Century Venice
Wendy Heller
Emblems of Eloquence: Opera and Women’s Voices in Seventeenth-Century Venice
Wendy Heller
Drawing upon a complex web of early modern sources and ancient texts, this study is a treatment of women, gender and sexuality in 17th-century opera. It explores the operatic manifestations of female chastity, power, transvestism, androgyny and desire.
405 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 4 tables, 45 music examples
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 12, 2004 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520209336 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 405 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 33 mm · 771 g |
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