{"product_id":"broken-harmony-joseph-m-ortiz-9780801449314","title":"Broken Harmony","description":"\u003cp\u003eMusic was a subject of considerable debate during the Renaissance. The notion that music could be interpreted in a meaningful way clashed regularly with evidence that music was in fact profoundly promiscuous in its application and effects. Subsequently, much writing in the period reflects a desire to ward off music's illegibility rather than come to terms with its actual effects. In \u003ci\u003eBroken Harmony\u003c\/i\u003e, Joseph M. Ortiz revises our understanding of music's relationship to language in Renaissance England. In the process he shows the degree to which discussions of music were ideologically and politically charged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering a historically nuanced account of the early modern debate over music, along with close readings of several of Shakespeare's plays (including \u003ci\u003eTitus Andronicus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e) and Milton's \u003ci\u003eA Maske\u003c\/i\u003e, Ortiz challenges the consensus that music's affinity with poetry was widely accepted, or even desired, by Renaissance poets. Shakespeare more than any other early modern poet exposed the fault lines in the debate about music's function in art, repeatedly staging disruptive scenes of music that expose an underlying struggle between textual and sensuous authorities. Such musical interventions in textual experiences highlight the significance of sound as an aesthetic and sensory experience independent of any narrative function.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph M. Ortiz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801449316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801449314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011 pg. 192","brand":"Joseph M. Ortiz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43947172397311,"sku":"9780801449314","price":61.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1644eaa4-c7b2-434a-9394-1a3679b8335b.jpg?v=1681517149","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/broken-harmony-joseph-m-ortiz-9780801449314","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}