Fielding and Italian Opera
As his era’s most prolific writer of ballad operas, Henry Fielding knew music well and was particularly outspoken about Italian opera, the reigning London fashion of the day. While he recognized how moving its “soft alluring Strain” could be, as a nationalist he resented the imported form, which he...
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Universidad de La Rioja
2009-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of English Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://publicaciones.unirioja.es/ojs/index.php/jes/article/view/143 |