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1034147
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b788517
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| Main Entry
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Clausen, Christoph.
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| Title & Author
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Macbeth multiplied : : negotiating historical and medial difference between Shakespeare and Verdi /\ Christoph Clausen.
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam ;New York, N.Y. :: Rodopi,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft,; 93
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1 online resource (285 pages) :: music
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| ISBN
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1423791223
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: 9401202435
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: 9781423791225
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: 9789401202435
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9042018879
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9789042018877
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| Notes
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Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral), Freie Universität Berlin.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgements; Preliminaries; Introduction; 1. Paltering in multiple senses: witchcraft, gender, madness I; 2. Fantastical creatures: witchcraft, gender, madness II; 3. Restoration and its discontents; 4. Shakespeare, opera, difference; Works cited.
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| Abstract
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In what sense did Shakespeare's representation of the Weird Sisters participate in the rewriting of village witchcraft? Was it likely to "encourage the Sword"? Did opera's specific medial conditions offer Verdi special opportunities to justify the presence of stage witches more than three centuries later? How valid is the parallel between 19th century opera and the voyeurism of madhouse spectacle? Was Shakespeare's play really engaged in the project of exorcizing Queen Elizabeth's cultural memory? What does Verdi's chorus of Scottish refugees have to do with shifting representations of 'the pe.
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Macbeth,active 11th century-- Songs and music-- History and criticism.
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Macbeth,active 11th century.
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Shakespeare, William,1564-1616., Macbeth.
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Verdi, Giuseppe,1813-1901., Macbeth.
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Music and literature.
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Opera-- Italy-- 19th century.
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Music and literature.
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MUSIC-- Genres Styles-- Opera.
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Opera.
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Songs.
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Macbeth (Shakespeare, William)
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Macbeth (Verdi, Giuseppe)
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Italy.
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| Dewey Classification
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782.1092
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| LC Classification
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ML410.V48C61 2005eb
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