Description
Book SynopsisThis book is about the presence of music in novels. More specifically, it is about music in the early modern novel, with an emphasis on seventeenth-century musical prose from The Netherlands. It is remarkable that up until now the presence of musical elements in prose works from earlier centuries received almost no attention from academic researchers. This essay provides a concise and an accessible introduction into the subject. It presents an exploration of the role and function of musical elements in seventeenth-century Dutch prose fiction and at the same time offers an overview of this compelling and fascinating new musical-literary territory.
Table of ContentsList of Figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Music in the Novel before 1900; 3. Problems Studying the Early Modern Novel; 4. Music as an Inserted Genre; 5. Music in 17th-Century Dutch Prose Fiction; 6. Functions of Music in 17th-Century Dutch Prose; 7. Reading Novels in the 17th Century; 8. Fiction and Reality; 9. Singing While Reading; 10. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
