Description: Illuminates unexplored dimensions of the music-literature relationship and the sometimes unrecognized talents of certain famous writers and composers.
Brief description: Theodore Ziolkowski is Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature, Princeton University.
Review Quotes: Ziolkowski's study represents a monumental effort to bring together music and fiction in new terms. . . . [He] must be commended for bringing attention to such a significant number of previously unexamined literary works and laying the foundation for further research exploring how a knowledge of music and musical form can inform readings of literature.-- "GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW"