Great Books by E.A. Bucchianeri

"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books."

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

www.waurl.com/greatbooks

Thank you for dropping by!

Please feel free to browse. Click on the titles below to find more information about my publications, read reviews and more! You may order these titles from your favorite online or local bookstore.

Read my Blog, or start a discussion on my Amazon Author's Page! - Click Here. You may also see my Amazon profile by clicking Here. Want to send an e-mail? Use the "Contact the Author" link below.

~~ E.A. Bucchianeri ~~

Contact the Author

FAUST: My Soul be Damned for the World, Vol. 1

(Authorhouse, Bloomington Indiana, September 2008)

A comprehensive exploration of Dr. Faust, the man who sold his soul to the Devil, and those who dared to tell his tale.

Volume 1 includes:

New insights into the life and times of the historical Dr. Faustus, the notorious occultist and charlatan who reputedly declared the devil was his ´brother-in-law´.
A detailed study of the first Faust books and the popular Faustian folk tales.
Original discussions on Christopher Marlowe´s famous drama and his ´atheistic´ rendition of the Faustian myth, including new a unique and controversial analysis of the A and B texts.
The days of the Faust puppet plays.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing´s unfinished Faust drama. Click here to read and reviews and more about volume I!

FAUST: My Soul be Damned for the World, Vol. 2

(Authorhouse, Bloomington Indiana, September 2008)

Volume 2 features:

A unique, in-depth account of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's masterpiece, Faust, Parts One and Two.
An examination of the early sketches of his classic drama.
Includes detailed explanations of Goethe's hidden symbolism in the text, his interest in history and science, the occult, alchemy, Freemasonry and his warnings to future generations. Click here to read reviews and more about Volume 2!

Handel's Path to Covent Garden: A Rocky Journey

(1stBooks, Bloomington Indiana, December 2002)

Many Classical music lovers are familiar with the composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) for his famous “Messiah” oratorio, but are not aware his preferred area of composition was Italian opera seria. Biographical books explore his career as an opera composer and the rise of the new pious genre when Italian opera was no longer popular in London, but rarely do we find detailed accounts or discussions of that strange period in the 1730s when this shift in popularity forced Handel to leave the Haymarket theatre and join with John Rich at Covent Garden where he tried to carry on the Royal Academy opera company in competition with the new Opera of the Nobility venture founded by the Prince of Wales before he was finally forced to abandon opera in favour of the oratorio. This book explores this rocky transition period and how it affected Handel’s work, namely, his addition of French elements into his operas and other novel innovations in order to regain his chagrined public. There are discussions exploring the possibility Handel was his own worse enemy with regards to his business decisions as impresario-composer, alienating the Italians of London and his public, which nearly cost him his career. A fascinating study for Handel admirers. here for more information! Click

A Compendium of Essays: Purcell, Hogarth and Handel, Beethoven, Liszt, Debussy and Andrew Lloyd Webber

(1stBooks, Bloomington Indiana, November 2002)

As the title displays, this publication features several essays spanning the gamut of musical styles and eras, from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Impressionist periods to the modern musicals of the West End and Broadway. Each essay concentrates on a famous composer and a landmark composition or an important topic particular to each era. Click here for more details!