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Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and the Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde Hardcover - 2003
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- Title Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and the Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde
- Author Roger Scruton
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 238
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford
- Date 2003-12-18
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780195166910 / 0195166914
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.62 x 6.06 x 0.77 in (21.89 x 15.39 x 1.96 cm)
- Reading level 1440
- Library of Congress subjects Wagner, Richard
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002155709
- Dewey Decimal Code 782.1
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New. A tale of forbidden love and inevitable death, the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde recounts the story of two lovers unknowingly drinking a magic potion and ultimately dying in one another's arms. Critics have lauded Wagner's Tristan und Isolde for the originality and subtlety of the music, but have often viewed the drama as a "mere trifle," about Wagner's own forbidden affair with Matilde Wesendonk, the wife of a banker who supported him during his exile in Switzerland. In Death-Devoted Heart Scruton aims to vindicate the stature of the drama, presenting it as more than just a sublimation of the composer's love for Wesendonck or a wistful romantic dream. Scruton argues that Tristan und Isolde has profound religious meaning, as relevant today as it was to Wagner's contemporaries. Both philosophical and musicological, Scruton's analysis touches on the nature of tragedy, the significance of ritual sacrifice, and the meaning of redemption. Scruton…
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