{"product_id":"emblems-of-eloquence-9780520209336","title":"Emblems of Eloquence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing upon a complex web of early modern sources and ancient texts, this study is a treatment of women, gender and sexuality in 17th-century opera. It explores the operatic manifestations of female chastity, power, transvestism, androgyny and desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations List of Tables Preface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Editorial Principles  Introduction 1. The Emblematic Woman 2. Bizzarrie Femminile: Opera and the Accademia degli Incogniti 3. Didone and the Voice of Chastity 4. \"Disprezzata regina\": Woman and Empire 5. The Nymph Calisto and the Myth of Female Pleasure 6. Semiramide and Musical Transvestism 7. Messalina la Meretrice: Envoicing the Courtesan Conclusions  Notes Bibliography Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402805322071,"sku":"9780520209336","price":56.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520209336.jpg?v=1730481560","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/emblems-of-eloquence-9780520209336","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}