Reading Critics Reading: Opera and Ballet Criticism in France from the Revolution to 1848

by Roger C. Parker (Editor), Mary Ann Smart (Editor)

This book examines in new ways opera and ballet criticism in early nineteenth-century France, taking seriously the motivations and beliefs of journalist critics. Rather than seeing their work as useful primarily for its raw factual information, the essays collected here look carefully at the historical, cultural, and aesthetic background that led critics to write as they did.

282 pages, Hardcover

First published August 16, 2001