Romanticism and improvisation, 1750-1850

"During the Romantic era, especially in Italy, performers known as improvvisatori and improvvisatrici extemporised poetry in public in response to subjects requested by their audiences. This type of performance fascinated grand tourists from northern Europe, who reported on poetic improvisers in hundreds of travel accounts, journals, letters, and periodical articles. By uncovering historical data and interpreting literary texts, Professor Esterhammer identifies patterns in the responses of English, German, French, and Russian writers to the experience of improvisation. She explores how improvisation interacts with Romantic ideas about genius, spontaneity, orality, and emotional expressiveness, and relates to evolving concepts of gender and nation."--Jacket.

שנה

2008

שפה

English

סדרה

Cambridge studies in Romanticism -- 77

הוצאה

Cambridge University Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

269

ISBN

9780521897099

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