The Puccini problem : nationalism, gender and decadence in Italian Puccini reception, 1896-1912

Puccini reception lay at the heart of a crisis of national identity that gripped Italy at the fin de siècle. His music was simultaneously held up as a symbol of cultural strength and derided as a manifestation of decadence. The sharply polarised responses of the critics mirrored wider ideological ri...

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Main Author: Wilson, Alexander May
Published: University of London 2003
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.397923