{"product_id":"don-giovannis-reasons-thoughts-on-a-masterpiece-9783631817964","title":"Don Giovanni's Reasons: Thoughts on a masterpiece","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collection of seven chapters on Lorenzo Da Ponte‘s\u003ci\u003e Memorie\u003c\/i\u003e and his librettos \u003ci\u003eL’arbore di Diana\u003c\/i\u003e (for Vicente Martín y Soler) and \u003ci\u003eDon Giovanni\u003c\/i\u003e (for Mozart), the texts are studied as radical works of the Late Enlightenment inspired by Rousseau’s socio-political thinking. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 218 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 04 May 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Peter Lang AG\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDespite being the most analyzed opera of all time, Mozart's Don Giovanni (1787) has received relatively little attention as a work of poetry in its own right. The author contends that the libretto, rather than perpetuating the conservative religious morality inherent in the Don Juan story, challenges our cultural myth of human sexuality through a critical rewriting. By employing a combination of poetic close reading techniques and approaches borrowed from linguistics, psychoanalysis, anthropology, political theory, legal history, intellectual history, literary history, art history, and theatrical performance analysis, the author delves into the Don Giovanni libretto as a radical political text of the Late Enlightenment. Remarkably, this work retains its power to provoke and engage contemporary audiences with its thought-provoking questions about compassion, seduction, violence, individual autonomy, and responsibility. These issues remain deeply relevant to us today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 290g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 210 x 148 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9783631817964\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition number\u003c\/strong\u003e: New ed\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Felicity Baker,Magnus Tessing Schneider","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44101107581178,"sku":"9783631817964","price":41.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1646109395694_book.jpg?v=1646467849","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/don-giovannis-reasons-thoughts-on-a-masterpiece-9783631817964","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}