The Darker Side of Genius: Richard Wagner's Anti-Semitism

Richard Wagner's anti-Semitism considered in the context of his time, place, and aspirations rather than in relation to his later appropriation by the Nazis.

About the author

JACOB KATZ was Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and author or editor of many books in medieval and modern Jewish social history, including two Brandeis books, With My Own Eyes: The Autobiography of an Historian (1995) and The Darker Side of Genius: Richard Wagner's Anti-Semitism (1986). A House Divided was published in Hebrew in 1994.

Summary

Richard Wagner's anti-Semitism considered in the context of his time, place, and aspirations rather than in relation to his later appropriation by the Nazis.

Product details

• Authors: Katz, Jacob Katz, Jacob. Katz
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2002
• EAN: 9781584652403
• ISBN: 978-1-58465-240-3
• No. of pages: 172
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 254 g
• Series: Tauber Institute Series for th
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs