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In his fascinating last book, Edward Said looks at a selection of essays, poems, novels, films, and operas to determine what late style may explain about the evolution of the creative life. He discusses how the approaching death of an artist can make its way “with anachronism and anomaly” into... read more
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- Richard Strauss: Add a description of this character.
- Gould
- Genet
- Lampedusa
- Visconti
- Mann
- Aschenbach
- Wagner
- Don Giovanni
- Don Alfonso
- Mozart
- Beethoven
- La Roche
- Angelica
- Britten
- Sellars
- Guglielmo
- Stravinsky
- Hanna
- Peter Grimes
- Said
- Tancredi
- Cavafy
- Weill
- Don Fabrizio
- Steptoe
- Tanner
- Tadzio
- Burt Lancaster
- Berg
Authors & Contributors edit
- Edward W. Said (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 037542105X
Page Count: 208
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 037542105X
Page Count: 208
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- Dewey: 700.19
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