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Werther vs. Werther: from print to the operatic stage

Parks, Alexandra E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1307321082

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2011, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Germanic Languages and Literature.
Jules Massenet re-imagined Goethe’s novella Die Leiden des jungen Werthers as an opera. The audience gains great psychological intimacy with Goethe’s Werther because of the Briefroman format, while the audience of Massenet’s work is forced into the third person. This results in a fundamental change in how the audience relates to the two Werthers. This project strives to understand th relationship between the two works, and to demonstrate how both the media shift and the different movements affect the narrative.
Katharina Gerstenberger, PhD (Committee Chair)
Jeongwon Joe, PhD (Committee Member)
47 p.
Goethe; Massenet; Werther; opera; Die Leiden des jungen Werthers; comparison

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  • Parks, A. E. (2011). Werther vs. Werther: from print to the operatic stage [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1307321082

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Parks, Alexandra. Werther vs. Werther: from print to the operatic stage. 2011. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1307321082.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Parks, Alexandra. "Werther vs. Werther: from print to the operatic stage." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1307321082

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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