Hardback (16 Feb 1989)
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Through a close reading of the librettos of more than 30 prominent operas and stripping away the allure of the sets, costumes and melodies, the author shows how 19th century opera perpetuates a social order which requires either the domestication or the death of the female heroine/victim.
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| ISBN: | 9781853810213 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown |
| Imprint: | Virago |
| Pub date: | 16 Feb 1989 |
| DEWEY: | 782.109 |
| DEWEY edition: | 19 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of pages: | 201 |
| Weight: | 494g |
| Height: | 236mm |
| Width: | 162mm |
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