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Title: Music and Literature - A COMPARISON OF THE ARTS
Description: Athens, Georgia, University of Georgia, 1948. 1948. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hardback, 8vo, xi + 287 pages, VG+ in Good dj (dj in new protective mylar). Book (gilt on green cloth) is solid & unmarked with edges of text browning a bit. DJ is moderately chipped and torn along edges, has only minor soil and surface wear + minor to moderate overall tanning (especially spine). Chapter Headings include: Science and Art, The Dilemma of Opera, Balance and Contrast, Theme and Variations, Sonata Form, The Musical Development of Symbols: Whitman, The Poetry of Conrad Aiken, Program Music, Descriptive Music, etc. Rhodes Scholar author (English professor at Georgia) had studied English, French, German & Comparative Literature and obtained degrees from the Universities of Mississippi, Cincinnati, Oxford & Wisconsin. "Since MUSIC AND LITERATURE is intended for the reader whose primary interest is in either art, it assumes general intelligence rather than technical information in the reader." , Very Good/Good.

Keywords: Music Literature Literary Criticism

Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: Robert W. Reiner Books
- Book number: 01634