Emblems of eloquence [[electronic resource] ] : opera and women's voices in seventeenth-century Venice / / Wendy Heller |
Autore | Heller Wendy Beth |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (407 p.) |
Disciplina | 782.1/082/094531 |
Soggetto topico |
Opera - Italy - Venice - 17th century
Women in opera |
Soggetto non controllato |
17th century
androgyny antiquity callisto carthage cavalli chastity classical classicism desire dido diodorus siculus drama empress erotic female characters female power female vocality feminism gender studies gender messalina monteverdi music musicology mythological women mythology nonfiction nymph octavia opera women opera ovid pallavicino performing arts purity semiramis sexuality tacitus theater transvestism venetian opera virgil women womens rights ziani |
ISBN |
1-282-35669-0
0-520-91934-3 9786612356698 1-59734-592-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The emblematic woman -- Bizzarrie femminile : opera and the Accademia degli incogniti -- Didone and the voice of chastity -- 'Disprezzata regina' : woman and empire -- The nymph Calisto and the myth of female pleasure -- Semiramide and the conventions of musical transvestism -- Messalina la meretrice : envoicing the courtesan. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777355003321 |
Heller Wendy Beth | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The history of make-believe : Tacitus on imperial Rome / / Holly Haynes |
Autore | Haynes Holly |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) |
Disciplina | 937/.07/092 |
Collana | The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Ancient / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
agricola
agrippa ancient rome augustus batavians civil war coup cultural difference early empire empire ethnicity flavians galba historical knowledge history imperial politics imperialism jews military monarchy national identity nature of history nature of power nero nerva nonfiction objective knowledge oratory othering otho politcal rivals power pretender race religious difference roman empire roman history roman rule royalty speeches tacitus trachalus trajan unknowable vespasian vitellius |
ISBN |
1-282-35701-8
9786612357015 0-520-92955-1 1-59734-938-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Belief and Make-Believe -- 1. An Anatomy of Make-Believe -- 2. Nero -- 3. Power and Simulacra -- 4. Vespasian -- 5. A Civil Disturbance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782960303321 |
Haynes Holly | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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