Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and the Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde
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…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-516691-0
- EAN: 9780195166910
- Produktnummer: 22404886
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 238 S.
- Masse: H22.0 cm x B14.9 cm x D2.4 cm 393 g
- Gewicht: 393
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Roger Scruton is a well-known writer and philosopher and controversial journalist, and a former Professor of philosophy at Boston College. He's written more than 20 books on aesthetics, culture, and politics.
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