Wagner's Visions - Poetry, Politics, and the Psyche in the Operas through "Die Walkure"

Examines the impact of contemporary ideas about the psyche and neglected yet crucial artistic influences on the psychological dimension of Wagner's operas, especially Die Feen, Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, and the Ring.

List of contents

To Be Born in Leipzig in 1813
Fairytale Madness: Wagner and Gozzi
Senta the Somnambulist
Opposing Worlds: Tannhäuser and Lohengrin
Hunding's Horns, Wotan's Storms, Sieglinde's Nightmare
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Katherine R. Syer

Summary

Examines the impact of contemporary ideas about the psyche and neglected yet crucial artistic influences on the psychological dimension of Wagner's operas, especially Die Feen, Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, and the Ring.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine R Syer, Katherine R. Syer, Katherine R. (Royalty Account) Syer, Katherine Rae Syer
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2014
• EAN: 9781580464826
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-482-6
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 236 mm x 163 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 616 g
• Illustrations: 8 colour, 3 b/w, 18 line illus.
• Series: Eastman Studies in Music; Eastman Studies in Music
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries