“Aesthetic Ideas”: mystery and meaning in the early work of Barrie Kosky

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dc.contributor.authorMcMahon, J.
dc.contributor.editorSevern, J.R.
dc.contributor.editorPhillips, J.
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIn this chapter I invite the reader to consider the philosophical assumptions which underpin the early career aims and objectives of Barrie Kosky. A focus will be his “language” of opera, and the processes by which the audience is prompted to interpret it. The result will be to see how Kosky creates mystery and meaning while avoiding fantasy and escapism; and can express psychological truth while stimulating subjective interpretations. The point will be to show that Kosky’s oeuvre demonstrates a central concept in the Kantian tradition of aesthetic theory regarding the key process in creative expression, and that is the evocation/communication of “aesthetic ideas”.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityJennifer A. McMahon
dc.identifier.citationBarrie Kosky’s Transnational Theatres, 2021 / Severn, J.R., Phillips, J. (ed./s), vol.1, Ch.3, pp.59-80
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-75028-2_3
dc.identifier.isbn3030750272
dc.identifier.isbn9783030750275
dc.identifier.orcidMcMahon, J. [0000-0002-2400-0166]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/131826
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeCham, Switzerland
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103143
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobal Germany in Transnational Dialogues
dc.rights© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
dc.source.urihttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-75028-2_3
dc.subjectSocial Science
dc.title“Aesthetic Ideas”: mystery and meaning in the early work of Barrie Kosky
dc.typeBook chapter
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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