03086nam 2200661Ia 450 991082578740332120200520144314.01-107-14534-11-280-51600-30-511-21419-70-511-21598-30-511-21061-20-511-31496-50-511-48174-80-511-21238-0(CKB)1000000000353633(EBL)266546(OCoLC)560240706(SSID)ssj0000268652(PQKBManifestationID)11258185(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268652(PQKBWorkID)10235696(PQKB)10516385(UkCbUP)CR9780511481741(MiAaPQ)EBC266546(Au-PeEL)EBL266546(CaPaEBR)ebr10131746(CaONFJC)MIL51600(EXLCZ)99100000000035363320031205d2004 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWagner and the Romantic hero /Simon Williams1st ed.Cambridge, U.K. ;New York Cambridge University Press20041 online resource (x, 193 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-15344-1 0-521-82008-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-187) and index.Modes of heroism in the early nineteenth century -- Wagner and the early nineteenth-century theatre -- Early music drama : the isolated hero -- Heroism, tragedy, and the Ring -- The last music-dramas : toward the messiah -- Wagner's heroism on stage.Few major artists have aroused the ire and adulation of successive generations as persistently as Richard Wagner. He was the centre of controversy during his lifetime and yet, when he died, he was the most idolized man in Germany. The situation has not changed much since then. Simon Williams explores the reasons for this adulation and antipathy by examining an aspect that may be a fundamental cause for this radical division in the reception of Wagner's work, the phenomenon of heroism. Williams analyses this heroism as a function of Wagner's theatre and music, beginning with a definition and examination of the concept of the heroic. The book also discusses all thirteen stage works by Wagner and the phenomenon of heroism and Wagner's adaptation of the figure of the Romantic hero. Williams offers a theatrical, musical, and cultural re-evaluation of one of the most enduring figures in the arts.OperasCharactersHeroes in operaOperasCharacters.Heroes in opera.782.1/092Williams Simon1943-1630178MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825787403321Wagner and the Romantic hero3968339UNINA