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dc.contributor.authorRochlitz, Hanna
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-15T02:36:32Z
dc.date.available2020-04-15T02:36:32Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/37006
dc.description.abstractE. M. Forster first encountered Billy Budd in 1926. Some twenty years later, he embarked on a collaboration with Benjamin Britten and Eric Crozier, adapting Melville’s novella for the opera stage. The libretto they produced poignantly reaffirms the Forsterian creed of salvation through personal relationships. This study presents an extensive exploration of Forster’s involvement in the interpretation, transformation and re-creation of Melville’s text. It situates the story of the Handsome Sailor in the wider context of Forster’s literary oeuvre, his life, and his life writings. In detailed readings, Billy Budd becomes a lens through which the themes, patterns and leitmotifs of Forsterian thought and creative imagination are brought into focus. A close re-examination of the libretto sketches serves to shed new light on the collaborative process in which Melville’s story was changed to fit an archetypal array of plot and character types that is central to Forster’s own storytelling.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguisticsen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticismen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DB Ancient, classical and medieval textsen_US
dc.subject.otherStorytelling
dc.subject.otherOpera
dc.subject.otherMelville
dc.subject.otherForster
dc.subject.otherBritten
dc.subject.otherNovella
dc.titleSea-changes
dc.title.alternativeMelville - Forster - Britten : the story of Billy Budd and its operatic adaptation
dc.typebook
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.17875/gup2012-399
oapen.relation.isPublishedByffaff15c-73ed-45cd-8be1-56a881b51f62


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