| In Search of Wagner Contributor(s): Adorno, Theodor (Author), Livingstone, Rodney (Translator), Zizek, Slavoj (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1844673448 ISBN-13: 9781844673445 Publisher: Verso OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2009 Annotation: The most brilliant exponent of Frankfurt School Critical Theory subtly interweaves aesthetics and ideology in this probing analysis of the controversial composer's oeuvre. "An astonishing book... essential reading... a superior translation." --New York Review of Books |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Biography & Autobiography | Music - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 782.109 |
| Series: Radical Thinkers |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.5" (0.40 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written in exile from Germany, this potent study of Europe's most controversial composer explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural analysis. Measuring key elements of Wagner's oeuvre with patent musical dexterity, Adorno sheds light on a nineteenth-century bourgeois figure whose operas betray the social gestures and high-culture fantasies that helped plant the seeds of the modern Culture Industry. A foreword by Slavoj Žižek situates Adorno's reflections within present debates over Wagner's anti-Semitism and the moral status of his work, proving why this book remains one of the most important character studies of the twentieth century. |