[DOC] Animation in China: History; Aesthetics; Media (Routledge Contemporary China Series) by Sean Macdonald in Arts-Photography

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Three Librettimdash;Ranging In Setting From Ancient Jerusalem To Pre-Apocalyptic Londonmdash;From An Acclaimed PoetThis volume of libretti marks new workmdash;and new terrainmdash;for James Fenton. Commissioned by companies in New York and England; these musical pieces make the most of the poets poignant; witty; and characteristically lyrical verse. Whether evoking modern-day London on the edge of apocalypse in The Love Bomb; a timeless land beyond the moon in this version of Salman Rushdies childrens novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories; or ancient Jerusalem in his stirring oratorio The Fall of Jerusalem; which was composed to mark the millennium; Fentons lucid storytelling and stylish wordplay bring these pieces vividly to lifemdash;with equal power in performance or on the page.Haroun and the Sea of Stories was commissioned by the New York City Opera and had its premiere at Lincoln Center in September 2003."[James Fenton] writes as no one else dares to--with clarity; wit; and the simplest of rhymes."--Voice Literary Supplement