 | Claudio Monteverdi: A Research and Information Guide Claudio Monteverdi: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography that navigates the vast scholarly resources on the composer with the most updated compilation since 1989. Claudio Monteverdi transformed and mastered the principal genres of his day and his works influenced generations of musicians and other artists. He initiated one of the most important aesthetic debates of the era by proposing a new relationship between poetry and harmony. In addition to scholarship by musicologists and music theorists, Monteverdi's music has attracted attention from literary scholars, cultural historians, and critical theorists. Research into Monteverdi and Renaissance and early baroque studies has expanded greatly, with the field becoming more complex as scholars address such issues as gender theory, feminist criticism, cultural theory, new criticism, new historicism, and artistic and popular cultures. The guide serves both as a foundational starting point and as a gateway for future inquiry in such fields as court culture, opera, patronage, and Italian poetry. Susan Lewis was born on August 10, 1956 in England. In addition to her 27 novels she has written an autobiographical memoir entitled, Just One More Day. She was nominated fo rthe Romantic Novelists' Association Romantic Novel of the Year award in 2002 and 2005. Susan attended The Red Maids' School of Bristol, England. She worked several temporary secretarial positions including one at Thames Television. It was there that she asked the controller what it takes to be a success. He replied with the advice of "Oh go away and write something". She wrote her first novel, A Class Apart, in 1988. Since then she has published 27 novels. Her titles include: Dance While You Can, Darkest Longings, Obsession, Summer Madness, and Stolen. (Bowker Author Biography) |
