Performance as Transformation: The Laughing Songs of “Death in Venice” in Literature, Film, and Opera
This paper takes as its starting point a scene from the fifth chapter of Thomas Mann’s novella Death in Venice (1912). While Venice is threatened by an outbreak of cholera, a group of Neapolitan street musicians plays in front of Aschenbach, Tadzio, and the other hotel guests. The leader of the band...
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Milano University Press
2021-11-01
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| Series: | Sound Stage Screen |
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| Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/sss/article/view/14054 |