« I Speak According to the Book » : écriture et logos dans Nixon in China de John Adams et Alice Goodman

In Nixon in China, composer John Adams and librettist Alice Goodman recount 1970s America’s historic encounter with Maoist China. In the process, they draw attention to the cognitive function of writing and especially to the different ways in which ideogrammatic and alphabetic writing systems shape...

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Main Author: Mathieu Duplay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2013-12-01
Series:Transatlantica
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6395