Northwestern University Press, 2008 Paper: 978-0-8101-5209-0 Library of Congress Classification PS3607.R4328V65 2008 Dewey Decimal Classification 813.6
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Based on images of disguise in literature, theater, and opera, this short-story cycle explores themes of identity and subterfuge in a fictional fugue that ranges from comic to poignant. Into the librettos of Don Giovanni, Tosca, Rigoletto, and other operas, Green weaves the authentic biographies of their singers and composers, modern-day settings, and his own imaginative twists. Throughout Voices in a Mask, characters obscure and reveal themselves as art mimics life and life, art. Ultimately the very acts of masking and projecting reveal a truth about the power of art and its inherent deceptions.
REVIEWS
"This is a wonderful book... The combination of artistic skill and critical acumen involved is astonishing, and the historical research involved is seriously done and superbly deployed in a creative manner." --Robert Scholes, Brown University
"Geoffrey Green's Voices in a Mask is an operatic tour de force of a 'novel' involving (among other things) grand opera--a subject on which the author is impressively and entertainingly knowledgeable."--John Barth
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Overture 000
Voices in a Mask 000
The Keeper of the List 000
A Flood of Memories 000
"This Very Vivid Morn" 000
"Your Sister and Some Wine!" 000
"Such Dear Ecstasy" 000
Creatures of the Mind 000
Program Notes 000
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Northwestern University Press, 2008 Paper: 978-0-8101-5209-0
Based on images of disguise in literature, theater, and opera, this short-story cycle explores themes of identity and subterfuge in a fictional fugue that ranges from comic to poignant. Into the librettos of Don Giovanni, Tosca, Rigoletto, and other operas, Green weaves the authentic biographies of their singers and composers, modern-day settings, and his own imaginative twists. Throughout Voices in a Mask, characters obscure and reveal themselves as art mimics life and life, art. Ultimately the very acts of masking and projecting reveal a truth about the power of art and its inherent deceptions.
REVIEWS
"This is a wonderful book... The combination of artistic skill and critical acumen involved is astonishing, and the historical research involved is seriously done and superbly deployed in a creative manner." --Robert Scholes, Brown University
"Geoffrey Green's Voices in a Mask is an operatic tour de force of a 'novel' involving (among other things) grand opera--a subject on which the author is impressively and entertainingly knowledgeable."--John Barth
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Overture 000
Voices in a Mask 000
The Keeper of the List 000
A Flood of Memories 000
"This Very Vivid Morn" 000
"Your Sister and Some Wine!" 000
"Such Dear Ecstasy" 000
Creatures of the Mind 000
Program Notes 000
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