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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: McGlathery, James M., 1936- Wagner's operas and desire. New York : P. Lang, c1998 (OCoLC)639879032 |
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| Named Person: | Richard Wagner; Richard Wagner; Richard (1813-1883) Wagner; Richard Wagner |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James M McGlathery |
| ISBN: | 0820436933 9780820436937 |
| OCLC Number: | 35397867 |
| Description: | 296 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Romantic operas -- Flying Dutchman -- Tannhäuser -- Lohengrin -- Ring of the Nibelung -- Rhinegold -- Valkyrie -- Siegfried -- Twilight of the Gods -- Later operas -- Tristan and Isolde -- Mastersingers of Nuremberg -- Parsifal. |
| Series Title: | North American studies in nineteenth-century German literature, v. 22. |
| Responsibility: | James M. McGlathery. |
Abstract:
Wagner audiences are especially challenged to fathom the meaning of his operas, for there is much mystery as to just what they depict. This study attempts to meet that challenge for the ten operas - from The Flying Dutchman to Parsifal - that Wagner considered to embody his particular poetic genius and which indeed continue to be regularly performed.
The texts of the ten works are examined with special attention to the role of erotic passion, a subject usually relegated to secondary importance in Wagner criticism.
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