{"product_id":"word-and-music-in-the-novels-of-andrey-bely-paperback-9780521115667","title":"Word and Music in the Novels of Andrey Bely (Paperback) 9780521115667","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWord and Music in the Novels of Andrey Bely\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDr Steinberg discusses Andrey Bely's novels by analysing Wagner's musical techniques and literary devices that Bely employs.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAda Steinberg (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521115667, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 16 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.65 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAndrey Bely, one of the leading writers of the Russian Symbolist movement, was unusually well informed about music, and shared that movement's general enthusiasm for Wagner. In one of his more striking novels, St. Petersburg, he attempted to develop prose as a form of expression on the basis of Wagner's musical techniques. Dr Steinberg connects word and music in Bely's novels by a clear-headed discussion of the degree to which analogies between music and poetry or prose may be carried, and of the way Bely tried to eliminate the distinction between poetry and prose by experimenting with an array of musical devices. In the second half of the book the author analyses specific devices such as verbal orchestration, dissonance, tonality, and counterpoint in relation to their use in particular novels: St. Petersburg, Kotik Letaev, The Baptized Chinaman, Notes of a Crank, Moscow and Masks. Through this analysis, Dr Steinberg is able to throw light on much that is obscure and difficult in Bely's novels.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e A note on transliteration\u003cbr\u003e Part I. On the Relationship Between Music and Poetry: 1. Music and poetry: statement of the problem\u003cbr\u003e 2. The significance of music for the romantics and symbolists: evaluation of the 'word'\u003cbr\u003e 3. The influence of Wagner on the symbolists: a new evaluation of the 'word'\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bely, Mallarmé and Verlaine and their approach to music\u003cbr\u003e 5. Bely and the music of his time\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Bely's Musical Devices: 6. Bely's verbal orchestration\u003cbr\u003e 7. Vowel orchestration\u003cbr\u003e 8. Consonantal orchestration\u003cbr\u003e 9. the concept of dissonance in music: Prokofiev and Bely\u003cbr\u003e 10. Bely's dissonances: their 'preparation' and 'resolution'\u003cbr\u003e 11. On 'polyphony'\u003cbr\u003e 12. Bely's synaesthesia: Baudelaire's 'Corressondances' as interpreted by Bely\u003cbr\u003e 13. Rimbaud's sonnet 'Voyelles' and his influence on Bely: The importance of Gogol's 'Craftsmanship'\u003cbr\u003e 14. Bely's original solution to the problem of synaesthesia\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006514516248,"sku":"9780521115667","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521115667i_1ac67c38-d925-4092-86af-596579e5c686.jpg?v=1691371491","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/word-and-music-in-the-novels-of-andrey-bely-paperback-9780521115667","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}