Publication details
The Magic Sound of the Magic Flute in Barbara Trapido's Temples of Delight
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Mozart in Anglophone Cultures, Sabine Coelsch-Foisner, Dorothea Flothow, Wolfgang Görtschacher (eds.) |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | Barbara Trapido; Temples of Delight; Mozart; The Magic Flute; playfulness |
| Description | In Barbara Trapido's novel Temples of Delight (1990) references to Mozart's The Magic Flute run like a thread throughout the story, imbued with weighty meanings for the heroine. Still Trapido's purpose seems to be largely playful. The article seeks to show that it is after all the mysterious, both serious and comic tone that connects the novel and the opera rather than close meaningful parallels of their texts. |