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The mythological in the operas of Benjamin Britten was analysed in six of his operas: Paul Bunyan (1941), Peter Grimes (1945), Billy Budd (1951), Gloriana (1952), The Turn of the Screw (1954) and Owen Wingrave (1971) In addition to the Introduction - Soundless light and Conclusion Pizzicato sparkles without a bow, the book contains five chapters: Identification, Antique chorus in Britten's creative procedure, Links, Revelation of the concealed meaning and Benjamin Britten's dominoes where the presence of the mythological is searched for and revealed in the selected operas of this great twentieth century composer.

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This monograph represents, in a sense, a criterion of thought about this composer, a criterion of thought, first of all, in the sense of a path this thought is to take moving towards discovering the truth of the object that it ponders and of itself, which is one and the same thing, but also, much more importantly, in the sense of complete fulfilment of the criteria of the being of truth itself, which guides thought onto that path and sheds light upon it with its own, inner light, not with any outer light of thought. -Prof Dr. Nikola Strajnic, Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad and Banja Luka. As Lazarevic wrote; 'the myth is the base and beginning of every creation', thereby if contemporary art is analysed through the discourse of the myth, mythological images and sound, then more obvious and clearer coordinates of overall processes in contemporary arts are obtained. -Dr. Branka Radovic, General Manager and Director of Opera and Ballet- Theatre Madlenianum. This work written by authors Slobodan Lazarevic and Radmila Paunovic Stajn is a true scientific contribution to contemporary aesthetic thinking and post-structural study of the semantic and meta-semantic in the artifacts of contemporary art... using musicological and narrative methods, when discussing librettos and carefully composing their idea through overall Britten's oeuvre, the authors emphasize the presence of mythological pattern in the work of this prolific and significant artist. -Prof. Dr. Miomir Petrovic, Faculty for Culture and Media, Megatrend University, Belgrade.

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Dr. Radmila Paunovic Stajn received her Ph.D. at the University of Belgrade in the field of English Phonology and Intonation. She currently teaches English at EDUCONS University in Sremski Karlovci. Dr. Slobodan Lazarevic received his PhD. in the field of Anthropology from the University of Belgrade. He is currently an Associate Professor and teaches General Literature and Theory of Literature at the University of Kragujevac.

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