Opera's Second Death
1st Edition
Published on 21. November 2001
Book
Hardback
246 pages
978-0-415-93016-1 (ISBN)
Description
Opera's Second Death is a passionate exploration of opera - the genre, its masterpieces, and the nature of death. Using a dazzling array of tools, Slavoj Zizek and coauthor Mladen Dolar explore the strange compulsions that overpower characters in Mozart and Wagner, as well as our own desires to die and to go to the opera.
Reviews / Votes
"...provides many new and remarkable conclusions from a contemporary, Eastern European point of viewthat will interest opera specialists and cultural historians." -- A.M. Hanson, Ihoice"...an engaging and frequently illuminating commentary on the impulses, desires and fantasies that enrich both our own lives and those of the colorful characters that populate our favorite operas." -- Barry Millington, BBCMusic Magazine Direct
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
555 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-93016-1 (9780415930161)
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Slavoj Zizek | Mladen Dolar
Opera's Second Death
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Slavoj Zizek | Mladen Dolar
Opera's Second Death
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Routledge
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Opera's Second Death
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Persons
Slavoj Zizek is Researcher at the University of Ljubljana. Among his many books are The Fragile Absolute and TheTicklish Subject. Mladen Dolar is Professor of Philosopy at the University of Ljubljana.
Content
Introduction: For the Love of the Opera 1. Philosophy in the Opera Mladen Dolar 1.1 The Birth of Opera from the Spirit of Absolutism 1.2 Acheronta movebo 1.3 The Logic of Mercy 1.4 Opera buffa 1.5 Syntax 1.6 Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail 1.7 Figaro 1.8 Don Giovanni 1.9 The Opera in Philosophy: Mozart and Kierkegaard 1.10 La femme-machine 1.11 Machine in Love 1.12 A Philosopher in the Opera 1.13 Machine and Enjoyment 1.14 The Rationalistic Myth of the Enlightenment 1.15 He is a Man - Even More, He is a Prince 1.16 Three Continuations 2. I Do Not Order My Dreams Slavoj Zizek 2.1 Death Drive and the Wagnerian Sublime - The Forced Choice - The Disavowal Deeper than the day could read The 'What-Ifs' - Tristan's Journey to the Bottom of the Night - Transgression? No, thanks! - Wagner's Sexualized Politics - The Moebius Band 2.2 The Everlasting Irony of the Community Wagner with Kierkegaard - Kundry's Laughter . - . and her Kiss - The Feminine versus Woman 2.3 Interlude: The Feminine Excess 2.4 Run, Isolde, Run The Cyberspace Tristan - The Morning After - It quacks, hoots, pants, and gasps - The Separated Flames - No More Running Notes Bibliography