The Edinburgh Companion to Literature and Music - (Edinburgh Companions to Literature and the Humanities) by Delia Da Sousa Correa (Paperback)

About the Book

This trailblazing companion charts and extends the work in this expanding interdisciplinary field and is an essential resource for researchers with an interest in literature and other media.

Book Synopsis

Provides a pioneering interdisciplinary overview of the literature and music of nine centuries

Offers research essays by literary specialists and musicologists that provides access to the best current interdisciplinary scholarship on connections between literature and musicIncludes five historical sections from the Middle Ages to the present, with editorial introductions to enhance understanding of relationships between literature and music in each periodCharts and extends work in this expanding interdisciplinary field to provide an essential resource for researchers with an interest in literature and other media
Bringing together seventy-one newly commissioned original chapters by literary specialists and musicologists, this book presents the most recent interdisciplinary research into literature and music. In five parts, the chapters cover the Middle Ages to the present. The volume introduction and methodology chapters define key concepts for investigating the interdependence of these two art forms and a concluding chapter looks to the future of this interdisciplinary field. An editorial introduction to each historical part explains the main features of the relationships between literature and music in the period and outlines recent developments in scholarship. Contributions represent a multiplicity of approaches: theoretical, contextual and close reading. Case studies reach beyond literature and music to engage with related fields including philosophy, history of science, theatre, broadcast media and popular culture.
This trailblazing companion charts and extends the work in this expanding interdisciplinary field and is an essential resource for researchers with an interest in literature and other media.

From the Back Cover

Provides a pioneering interdisciplinary overview of the literature and music of nine centuries Bringing together sixty-five newly commissioned original chapters by literary specialists and musicologists, this book presents the most recent interdisciplinary research into literature and music. In five parts, the chapters cover the Middle Ages to the present. The volume introduction and methodology chapters define key concepts for investigating the interdependence of these two art forms and a concluding chapter looks to the future of this interdisciplinary field. An editorial introduction to each historical part explains the main features of the relationships between literature and music in the period and outlines recent developments in scholarship. Contributions represent a multiplicity of approaches: theoretical, contextual and close reading. Case studies reach beyond literature and music to engage with related fields including philosophy, history of science, theatre, broadcast media and popular culture. This trailblazing companion charts and extends the work in this expanding interdisciplinary field and is an essential resource for researchers with an interest in literature and other media. Delia da Sousa Correa is Senior Lecturer in English at the Open University.

Review Quotes

The Companion marks a milestone in the scholarship on music and literature. [...] It is hoped that the Companion will motivate many other scholars to continue the important work begun here.--Rolf J. Goebel, University of Alabama "Monatshefte"

This Companion to the two arts of sound provides an invaluable introduction and reference guide to the many complex links between music and literature. Ranging from the Middle Ages to the present, these essays offer an impressive historical survey of how the two arts resist and rely on each other, as well as more specialised accounts of specific periods and art forms. A treasure trove for scholars and general readers alike.-- "Angela Leighton, author of Hearing Things: The Work of Sound in Literature"

About the Author

Delia da Sousa Correa is Senior Lecturer in English at the Open University and co-convenor of the OU's Literature and Music Research Group. She studied in New Zealand, London, and Oxford and previously taught at the universities of Oxford and St Petersburg. Her research explores connections between literature and music in the Victorian and early-modernist periods.