| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 769 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 663-728) and index. |
| Contents |
Prelude : Death in Venice -- Rheingold : Wagner, Nietzsche, and the Ring -- Tristan Chord : Baudelaire and the Symbolists -- Swan Knight : Victorian Britain and Gilded Age America -- Grail Temple : Esoteric, Decadent, and Satanic Wagner -- Holy German Art : The Kaiserreich and Fin-de-Siècle Vienna -- Nibelheim : Jewish and Black Wagner -- Venusberg : Feminist and Gay Wagner -- Brünnhilde's Rock : Willa Cather and the Singer-Novel -- Magic Fire : Modernism, 1900 to 1914 -- Nothung : The First World War and Hitler's Youth -- Ring of Power : Revolution and Russia -- Flying Dutchman : Ulysses, The Waste Land, The Waves -- Siegfried's Death : Nazi Germany and Thomas Mann -- Ride of the Valkyries : Film from The Birth of a Nation to Apocalypse Now -- The Wound : Wagnerism After 1945. |
| Summary |
"A large-canvas narrative history, charting the impact of the cultural titan Wagner on art and politics. Ross will show how various artists-composers, novelists, poets, filmmakers-wrestled with the legacy of Wagner in the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 -- Influence.
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Opera -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.
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Opera -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.
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Music and literature -- History -- 19th century.
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Music and literature -- History -- 20th century.
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Art and music -- History -- 19th century.
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Motion pictures and music -- History -- 20th century.
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MUSIC / History & Criticism.
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. (OCoLC)fst00040723
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Art and music. (OCoLC)fst00815413
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
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Motion pictures and music. (OCoLC)fst01027416
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Music and literature. (OCoLC)fst01030479
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Opera -- Political aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01046163
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Music criticism and reviews.
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| ISBN |
9780374285937 (hardcover) |
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0374285934 (hardcover) |
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