Daniel H. Foster

Wagner's Ring Cycle and the Greeks

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Produktbeschreibung

Foster explores how Wagner's political stance and his theories on Greek poetry and politics were combined to create the Ring.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 727g
• ISBN-13: 9780521517393
• ISBN-10: 0521517397
• Artikelnr.: 28522278

Autorenporträt

Daniel H. Foster is Assistant Professor of Theater Studies at Duke University, and Visiting Scholar at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part I. Epic: 1. Introduction: what is epic?
2. Retrospective narrative and the epic process
3. The orchestral narrator and elementary epic
4. Spiritual and factual realities in epic
Part II. Lyric: 5. Introduction: what is lyric?
6. Orpheus and lyric liberation
7. First-person opera and lyric identity
8. Lyric and the rebirth of tragedy
Part III. Drama: 9. Introduction: what is drama?
10. Opera and tragedy
11. Opera and comedy
12. Resolution and ambiguity in comedy and tragedy
Epilogue: Time, the Ring, and performance studies
Appendices: Wagner's primary and secondary sources: Introduction
Appendix A. Wagner's primary sources
Appendix B. secondary scholarship by authors Wagner knew personally
Appendix C. Secondary scholarship by authors Wagner knew by reputation or by reading
Bibliography.