Psychological perspective on Camille Saint-Saëns / Kenneth Ring.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ring, Kenneth.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Mellen lives ; v. 13.

Mellen lives ; v. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921.

Saint-Saëns, Camille.

Composers--France--Biography.

Composers.

France.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, [2002]

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Death and Decline of Saint-Saens 5

Chapter 2 Bringing Saint-Saens Back to Life 15

Chapter 3 The Women in Saint-Saens' Life I: Clemence and Charlotte 19

Chapter 4 The Women in Saint-Saens' Life II: Augusta 31

Chapter 5 Saint-Saens' Woman Complex: Seduction, Humiliation, Misogyny 45

Chapter 6 The Women in Saint-Saens' Life III: Marie 55

Chapter 7 The Death of Clemence 59

Chapter 8 The Men in Saint-Saens' Life 63

Chapter 9 The Constricted Heart of Camille Saint-Saens 75

Chapter 10 My Love Affair with Saint-Saens 83

Chapter 11 A Saint-Saens Revival? 89

Chapter 12 Listening to Saint-Saens 95

Chapter 13 A Final Confession 107

Afterword: Saint-Saens in the Desert and - Hollywood? 111.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0773471081

OCLC:

49976965