Re-reading Wagner / edited by Reinhold Grimm and Jost Hermand.
| Other author | Grimm, Reinhold, editor. |
| Other author | Hermand, Jost, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Madison, WI : Published for Monatshefte, The University of Wisconsin Press, ©1993. |
| Description | vii, 158 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Monatshefte occasional volume ; 13 Monatshefte occasional volumes ; no. 13. ^A84171 |
| Contents | "Am Mythenstein": Richard Wagner and Swiss society / Tamara S. Evans -- Richard Wagner and the Altgermanisten: die Wibelungen und Franz Joseph Mone / Edward R. Haymes -- Reworking history: Wagner's German myth of Nuremberg / Peter Uwe Hohendahl -- Transgression and affirmation: gender roles, moral codes, and utopian vision in Richard Wagner's operas / Peter Morris-Keitel, Alexa Larson-Thorisch, and Audrius Dundzila -- Wagner and the vocal iconography of race and nation / Marc A. Weiner -- Wagner's last supper: the vegetarian gospel of his Parsifal / Jost Hermand -- The social politics of musical redemption / Frank Trommler -- The rivalry for Wagner's mantle: Strauss, Pfitzner, Mann / Hans Rudolf Vaget. |
| Abstract | This multidisciplinary collection of readings offers suggestive new interpretations of Richard Wagner's ideological position in German history. The issues discussed range from the biographical--the reasons for Wagner's travels, his spotted political life--to the aesthetic and ideological, regarding his re-creation of medieval Nuremberg, his representations of gender and nationality, his vocal iconography, his anti-Semitism, and his vegetarian arguments, and, finally, his musical heirs. The essays are written by Tamara S. Evans, Edward R. Haymes, Peter Uwe Hohendahl, Peter Morris?Keitel, Alexa Larson-Thorisch, Audrius Dundzila, Marc A. Weiner, Jost Hermand, Frank Trommler, and Hans Rudolf Vaget. Avoiding journalistic or iconoclastic approaches to Wagner, these writers depart from the usual uncritical admiration of earlier scholars to develop a stimulating and ultimately cohesive collection of new perspectives. |
| Local note | Little-289509--305130042591X |
| General note | Papers from a conference held Oct. 12-14, 1990. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 92035895 |
| ISBN | 0299970760 : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML410.W131 R3 1993 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |