- Title: Subtitle
- The identity of Curley's wife in Carlisle Floyd's Of mice and men
- Creators
- Jacqueline Lang - University of Iowa
- Contributors
- Stephen Swanson (Advisor)Christine Getz (Committee Member)William Jones (Committee Member)John Muriello (Committee Member)Bill Theisen (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Music
- Date degree season
- Spring 2015
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- DOI
- 10.17077/etd.nkjb3vzk
- Number of pages
- vi, 139 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright 2015 Jacqueline Lang
- Language
- English
- Description illustrations
- music
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-139).
- Public Abstract (ETD)
The interpretation of Curley’s wife as a temptress and seductress in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937) has left scholars and audiences divided. Although her part was expanded in the Broadway play in 1937, there were still questions on her role, even for the actress portraying the part. In the mid-to-late 1960s the novel would be adapted to an opera by Carlisle Floyd, with a less ambiguous interpretation of her character. This study compares characterization of Curley’s wife in the novel with the opera by considering her literary themes within the context of women’s issues that were influential during the conception of both works. Analysis of the music will demonstrate Floyd’s subtle changes to her character, and how it enhances her role as a seductress.
- Academic Unit
- School of Music
- Record Identifier
- 9983777263802771
Dissertation
The identity of Curley's wife in Carlisle Floyd's Of mice and men
University of Iowa
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), University of Iowa
Spring 2015
DOI: 10.17077/etd.nkjb3vzk
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