Wagner and the new consciousness : language and love in the Ring / Sandra Corse.

Author/creator Corse, Sandra
Format Book
Publication InfoRutherford, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London : Associated University Presses, ©1990.
Description209 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Wagner, Hegel, and Feuerbach -- Language and music in the Ring -- Das Rheingold -- Die Walküre -- Siegfried -- Götterdämmerung.
Abstract This book argues that Wagner saw the music drama as an instrument by which to develop the social and political ideas of his day, and it focuses on how he attempted in the Ring to create an allegory that would explore a new, modern concept of the self and history.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 202-204) and index.
LCCN 88046186
ISBN0838633781 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML410.W15 C73 1990 ✔ Available Place Hold