Reading Opera space history outrageous satire of his contemporaries

outrageous satire of his contemporaries (in particular Wordsworth and Southey) and sharp mockery of Western societies

Author/Contributor(s): Schofield-Morrison

who says many things that desperately need saying in more than one delightful way

For Hala Alyan

Reading Opera space history outrageous satire of his contemporariesAuthor Contributor(s): Groos, Arthur ; Parker, Roger Publisher: Princeton University Press Date: 07 14 2014 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW Libretto bashing has a distinguished tradition in the blood sport of opera, writes Arthur Groos in the introduction to this broad survey of critical approaches to that much maligned genre. To examine, and to challenge, the long standing prejudice against libretti and the scholarly tradition that has, until