| Wagner and the Romantic Hero Contributor(s): Williams, Simon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521153441 ISBN-13: 9780521153447 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Opera - Biography & Autobiography | Music |
| Dewey: 782.109 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6" W x 9" (0.67 lbs) 204 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Few major artists have aroused the ire and adulation of successive generations as persistently as Richard Wagner. Simon Williams explores the reasons for this adulation and antipathy by analyzing heroism in Wagner's work. Beginning with a definition of the concept of the heroic, Williams then examines it as a function of Wagner's theater and music. He also analyzes all thirteen stage works by Wagner as well as his adaptation of the Romantic hero figure. |