Beethoven’s Kiss : Pianism, Perversion, and the Mastery of Desire / Kevin Kopelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kopelson, Kevin, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In Beethoven's Kiss, Kevin Kopelson takes you on a journey through a unique literary style which is both scholarly and meditative. It interweaves the issues of gender, sexuality and erotic romanticism and presents them against the backdrop of romantic pianism. Exploring quasi-sexual myths of the nineteenth century, Beethoven's Kiss takes a long look at the origin and consequences of those myths.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Preludes

1. Pianist Envy

Intermezzo

2. Funerailles

3. Beethoven's Kiss

4. The Sexual Virtuoso

5. Music Lessons

6. Classified Information

Coda

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-1594-4

OCLC:

1294423324