Beethoven’s Kiss: Pianism, Perversion, and the Mastery of Desire

by Kevin Kopelson

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In Beethoven's Kiss, Kevin Kopelson takes you on a journey through a unique literary style which is both scholarly and meditative. It interweaves the issues of gender, sexuality and erotic romanticism and presents them against the backdrop of romantic pianism. Exploring quasi-sexual myths of the nineteenth century, Beethoven's Kiss takes a long look at the origin and consequences of those myths.

  • ISBN10 0804725977
  • ISBN13 9780804725972
  • Publish Date 1 May 1996
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 15 June 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Stanford University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 212
  • Language English