Disordered heroes in opera : a psychiatric report /

The retired psychiatrist and former music graduate John Cordingly examines twelve operatic heroes under six sub-categories of personality disorder. He justifies his view that they are not 'mad' by tracing the histories of mental disorder, sexuality and Byronism, and by placing each opera w...

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Author / Creator: Cordingly, John (Author)
Other Authors / Creators:Seymour, Claire, 1970- editor.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: London : Plumbago Books, 2015.
Series:Defining opera.
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