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Wagner and the Romantic Hero

By Simon Williams

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
0521820081, 9780521820080, 9780511215988
Open Library ID
OL22588995M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1419405 bytes)
Pages
204\205
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Few major artists have aroused the ire and adulation of successive generations as persistently as Richard Wagner. Simon Williams explores the reasons for this adulation and antipathy by analyzing heroism in Wagner's work. Beginning with a definition of the concept of the heroic, Williams then examines it as a function of Wagner's theater and music. He also analyzes all thirteen stage works by Wagner as well as his adaptation of the Romantic hero figure.

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