Emma Sutton is a leading literary scholar whose work illuminates the intricate connections between music and literature. She possesses a deep understanding of how these two art forms influence and enrich one another. Sutton explores themes and styles that resonate across different artistic mediums, offering readers a unique perspective on their interplay. Her essays and broadcasts provide insightful explorations for enthusiasts of both literature and music.
This is the first book focused on Forster's Maurice and its legacies in modern and contemporary fiction, film and new media. Ground-breaking essays by leading scholars offer new readings by exploring overlooked contexts including: feminism and the 'social purity' movement; anti-Fascism; religion and allegory; and early twentieth-century contestations over body-soul relation.
Offers an investigation into the formative influence of music on Virginia Woolf's writing. The author discusses all of Woolf's novels as well as selected essays and short fiction, offering detailed commentaries on Woolf's numerous allusions to classical repertoire and to composers including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Wagner.