Description: Wagner's Ring is one of the greatest of all artworks of Western civilization, but what is it all about? The power and mystery of Wagner's creation was such that he himself felt he stood before his work "as though before some puzzle." A clue to the Ring's greatness lies in its multiple avenues of self-disclosure and the corresponding plethora of interpretations that over the years has granted ample scope for directors and will no doubt do so well into the distant future. One possible interpretation, which Richard Bell argues should be taken seriously, is the Ring as Christian theology. In this first of two volumes, Bell considers, among other things, how the composer's Christian interests may be detected in the "forging" of his Ring, looking at how he appropriated his sources (whether they be myths and sagas, writers, poets, or philosophers) and considering works composed around the same time, especially his Jesus of Nazareth.
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EAN: 9781498235631
UPC: 9781498235631
ISBN: 9781498235631
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Item Length: 25.4 cm
Book Title: Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I: The Genesis and Development of the Tetralogy and the Appropriation of Sources, Artists, Philosophers, and Theologians
Item Height: 254mm
Item Width: 178mm
Author: Richard H Bell
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Literature, Music, Christianity
Publisher: Cascade Books
Publication Year: 2020
Item Weight: 594g
Number of Pages: 342 Pages
