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Opera, Sex, and Other Vital Matters Hardcover - 2002 - 1st Edition
by Paul Robinson
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Opera, Sex, and Other Vital Matters gathers both classic and never-before-published essays from one of the leading stylists in contemporary American letters, and one of our more revered public intellectuals, Paul Robinson. Diverse and elegant, the essays in this new collection showcase the sly wit and lightly worn erudition of their author. Each celebrates art and the flesh, directing us to the twin ecstasies of music and eros. The essays on opera gathered here explore how masterpieces like Fidelio and The Magic Flute reflect the intellectual currents of their day. Be it the work of Verdi or Mozart, Wagner or Strauss, Robinson compels us to search for meaning not just in the lyrics of opera but also in the music. In melody, not libretto, we are more likely to discern key historical complexities and appreciate the way opera transcends language and time. The essays on sexuality, meanwhile, are ruminative, funny, and even moving. At one moment, Robinson measures whether homosexuality is the result of destiny or free choice. In another, he shares a touching exchange of letters with a gay student in the process of coming out. The final essays that encompass "other vital matters" find Robinson at his most incisive. Whether defending Freud as the most influential thinker of the twentieth century, attacking the dreaded use of semicolons, reflecting on his own mortality, or even meditating on the nature of cats, Sex, Opera, and Other Vital Matters is an eclectic work that will appeal to any reader interested in the continuing relevance of ideas to life.
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- Title Opera, Sex, and Other Vital Matters
- Author Paul Robinson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 332
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 2002-06
- Features Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780226721828 / 0226721825
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.16 x 6.32 x 0.98 in (23.27 x 16.05 x 2.49 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001004444
- Dewey Decimal Code 081
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