Comparative literature under a different heading

Authors

  • Cleo Protokhristova Plovdiv University "Paisiy Hilendarski"

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.60056/CCL.2021..79-92

Keywords:

Ian Bostridge, Schubert’s Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession, Franz Schubert, Wilhelm Müller, Comparative literature

Abstract

This article discusses Ian Bostridge’s book Schubert’s Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession, which – beyond the label of musicological research dedicated to Franz Schubert’s song cycle “Winterreise” (“Winter Journey”), a masterpiece of Romanticism that was based on poems by Wilhelm Müller – stands out with its remarkable achievements in the field of comparative literature and calls attention to the contemporary state of this academic discipline.

 

 

Author Biography

  • Cleo Protokhristova, Plovdiv University "Paisiy Hilendarski"

    Cleo Protokhristova is Professor of Ancient and West European Literature and Comparative Literature at Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She has published nine single-authored books, six coedited volumes, and over hundred articles and reviews. Her publications include The Literary Twentieth Century: Synchronic Cuts and Diachronic Projections (2020), Themes and Variations. Studies in Literary Thematics (2016), Notes from the Antechamber. Theory and Practices of Titling (2014), The Mirror: Literary, Metadiscursive and Cultural Comparative Trajectories (2004), West European Literature: Comparative Observations, Theses, Ideas (2000, 2003, 2008).

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Bostridge, I. (1997). Witchcraft and its transformations, c.1650–1750. Clarendon Press.

Bostridge, I. (2011). A Singer's Notebook. Faber and Faber.

Bostridge, I. (2015). Schubert’s Winter Journey. Anatomy of an Obsession. Faber & Faber.

Clark, S., & Monter, W. (2002). Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 4: The Period of the Witch Trials. Athlone Press.

Keller, H. (2006). Film Music and Beyond: Writing on Music and the Screen, 1946-59. Plumbago Books and Arts.

Youens, S. (1986). Schubert, Mahler and the Weight of the Past: 'Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen' and 'Winterreise'. Music & Letters, 67(3), 256–268.

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Published

2025-11-06

Issue

Vol. 7 (2021)

Section

II. DE LA MUSIQUE…

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Comparative literature under a different heading. (2025). Colloquia Comparativa Litterarum, 7, 79-92. https://doi.org/10.60056/CCL.2021..79-92