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Mladen Dolar & Slavoj Zizek
Opera’s Second Death [EPUB ebook]

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Opera’s Second Death is a passionate exploration of opera – the genre, its masterpieces, and the nature of death. Using a dazzling array of tools, Slavoj Zizek and coauthor Mladen Dolar explore the strange compulsions that overpower characters in Mozart and Wagner, as well as our own desires to die and to go to the opera.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 246 ● ISBN 9781135207779 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2815498 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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