While the music lasts
Subtitle: the representation of music in the works of George Sand
By: David A. Powell.
Publisher: Bucknell University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Lewisburg [Pa.]; London; Cranbury, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
Subjects: Sand, George, 1804-1876 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Music in literature.
Description: "While the Music Lasts explores the numerous ways music inhabits the texts of George Sand. Not a repertory of musical references, Powell's study examines the narrative and thematic functions of Sand's musical elements - plot advancement, characterization, thematic development, and ideological investigations. Music also serves, as Powell illustrates, as a vehicle for Sand to probe generic questions concerning the Bildungsroman, fantastic tales, and pastoral novels.

At the same time, Sand's musical referencing techniques afford a culturally based method for looking at French society and the need for a humanist reform, all the while exploring feminist statements, narrative strategies, love plots, and questions of communication, language, and nationhood."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.