Dido - Didon - Didone: Eine Kommentierte Bibliographie Zum Dido-mythos in Literatur Und Musik (German Edition) |  | Author: Thomas Kailuweit
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
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Pages: 600
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.8 x 1.4
ISBN: 3631520301
Dewey Decimal Number: 016.87301
EAN: 9783631520307
ASIN: 3631520301
Publication Date: March 31, 2005
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An excellent, indispensable tool December 26, 2005
H. Lange (Esslingen, Germany)
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According to a review I read, the author of this massive 600 page annotated bibliography "has shown an impressive degree of diligence and stamina in collecting and collating no less than 1,420 items which are now put at the scholar's disposal together with bibliographical descriptions of exemplary quality as well as short commentary" (R. Glei, Journal of Neo-Latin Language and Literature 7/ 2005, pp. 351-353, my translation from the original German), to continue that "by this bibliography Kailuweit has created an excellent, indispensable tool for future generations of scholars."
I can testify from my own experience that Kailuweit manages to surpass older studies of the Dido theme such as Semrau's (1930, German) and Bono/Tessitore's (1998, Italian) - and this concerns quantity as well as quality: In a three-step approach, the reader is informed in (nearly) each of the 1,420 articles about a work's first and modern editions, the content of the work or those passages of it which are relevant to the Dido myth, and information on criticism past and topical.
Starting with an introductory section (forschungsbericht), the book lists 36 literary genres such as the epic, tragedy, sonnet and novel (with no limits of either place, time or language) to move on to seven categories of music, e.g. opera textbooks and cantatas including productions on CD where available, and ends with an outlook on the visual side of the fine arts such as paintings, cassoni, cartoons and films.
With a separate bibliography of over a hundred pages of criticism (twentieth century and beyond) and the obligatory indexes (subjects, names), this book lays the foundations for a succinct seminar paper and in-depth scholarly research alike. While those who read German are at a clear advantage, it will be difficult for quite some time to come to get round this book when it comes to analyzing the nachleben of the Aeneid and the Dido myth.
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