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Introducing Wagner -- Surveying Wagner : compendia and other survey studies -- Researching Wagner : reference works of various kinds -- The documentary legacy -- Wagner's life and character -- Wagner as composer : studies in techniques, styles, and influences -- Wagner as music dramatist 1 : surveys studies -- Wagner as music dramatist 2 : the earlier (and unfinished) operas and music dramas -- Wagner as music dramatist 3 : Holländer, Lohengrin, and Tannhäuser -- Wagner as music dramatist 4 : Meistersinger, Parsifal, Tristan and the Ring -- Wagner as instrumental and vocal composer and arranger -- Performing Wagner : studies of performance practices, productions, and media studies -- Wagner as poet, prose writer, philosopher, and revolutionary -- Criticizing Wagner : Wagner's critics and the Wagner reception -- Wagner and culture, past and present : literature, psychology, and the visual arts -- Wagner and anti-Semitism -- After Wagner : Bayreuth, the festivals, and Wagner's descendents. |
