The Sound of Passion and Madness: Musical Ekphrasis in Liviu Rebreanu’s novel Ciuleandra
The Sound of Passion and Madness: Musical Ekphrasis in Liviu Rebreanu’s novel Ciuleandra
Author(s): Julie PaulescSubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Universitatea Hyperion
Keywords: Ciuleandra; madness; personal drama; individual alienation; criminal mind;
Summary/Abstract: Published in 1927, a product of Romanian modernism, Liviu Revreanu’s novel Ciuleandra is an inquiry into personal drama and individual alienation. Originally titled Nebunul (The Madman), the novel investigates the abyssal zone of the criminal mind revealed in the course of a post-murder psychological investigation.
Journal: Cinematographic Art & Documentation
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 06
- Page Range: 35-38
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English
