| Contents |
Preface -- The search for a cultural niche -- The thinking artist -- The quest for a new world order -- The "German spirit" -- Society and the search for social accommodation -- Spirituality and the nature of the soul -- The outmoded world of the Judaic-Christian tradition -- The archetype of man: Jesus and Parsifal -- Wagner's romantic nationalism in retrospect. |
| Abstract |
This book presents composer Richard Wagner's formative ideas in a systematic and coherent manner and examines their development and evolution as reflected in his prose, poetry, letters, and music-dramas. As Wagner's political and religious ideas conditioned the works and music he wrote, considerable attention is now placed on the development and evolution of his major thoughts, showing how they evolved and became incorporated into his music. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages 377-382) and index. |
| LCCN | 84013029 |
| ISBN | 0819141453 (alk. paper) : |
| ISBN | 0819141461 (pbk. : alk. paper) : |
