Wagner and the Romantic Hero

ISBN-13: 9780521820080 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 204 str.

Santa Barbara) Simon Williams (University of California

Opis

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.

Recenzje

"Well worth reading for its insight into the music and drama."
John Harrison, University of Northern Colorado, The Opera Journal

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Names on abbreviations of sources; Introduction; 1. Modes of heroism in the early nineteenth century; 2. Wagner and the early nineteenth-century theatre; 3. Early music-drama: the isolated hero; 4. Heroism, tragedy, and the Ring; 5. The last music-drama: towards the Messiah; 6. Wagner's heroism on stage; Notes; Bibliography; Index.