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Richard Wagner, the Last of the Titans
by Joachim Köhler; Stewart Spencer (Translator)
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0300104227
- ISBN 13
- 9780300104226
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 24.1 x 16.5 x 5.7 cm. A very presentable copy with minimal wear. Dust jacket is fully intact, only lightly rubbed at edges. All pages clean, crisp and fresh.Publisher's note: In this new biography of Wagner, the author draws on social and political analysis, documentary interpretation, and psychological insights to paint a rounded picture of Wagner as both a controversial historical phenomenon and a complex human being. The author's reading of the letters, diaries, and other documents of the main protagonists, some of them unfamiliar even to seasoned Wagnerians, results in some breathtaking but convincing reappraisals. He examines Wagner's love affairs with Jessie Laussot, Mathilde Wesendonck, and Judith Gautier and assesses their lasting emotional effect. He re-evaluates Wagner's relationships with his mother, step-father, sister, and--most revealingly--his wife, Cosima, a relationship seen as based on fear rather than love. The author explores the philosophical roots of Wagner's work, which the composer himself deliberately obfuscated. And he analyzes Wagner's relationship with King Ludwig, whom Wagner is revealed to have blackmailed, and with Nietzsche, whom he tried to destroy. The traumas of his youth haunted Wagner throughout his life, as his emotional development underlay his notorious anti-semitism. The author's interpretation of Wagner's dreams, as recorded in Cosima's diaries, offers astonishing insights into the paranoia and insecurity of a man who was one of the leading composers of his age Size: 24.1 x 16.5 x 5.7 cm. xiv, 688 pp. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Germany; Composers; Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883; ISBN: 0300104227. ISBN/EAN: 9780300104226. Add. Inventory No: 231112PBP001114. . 9780300104226
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231112PBP001114
- Title
- Richard Wagner, the Last of the Titans
- Author
- Joachim Köhler; Stewart Spencer (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0300104227
- ISBN 13
- 9780300104226
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 24.1 x 16.5 x 5.7 cm
- Keywords
- BZDB428 Biography & Autobiography; Germany; Composers; Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883; ISBN: 0300104227 EAN: 9780300104226 Joachim Köhler; Stewart Spencer (Translator) Richard Wagner, the Last of the Titans
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