Wagner and Venice fictionalized : variations on a theme / John W. Barker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barker, John W.

Series:

Eastman studies in music ; v. 89.

Eastman studies in music ; v. 89

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883--Travel--Italy--Venice--In literature.

Wagner, Richard.

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883--Death and burial--In literature.

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Travel.

Italy--Venice.

Physical Description:

xix, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2012.

Summary:

The vast literature on Richard Wagner and his works includes a surprising number of fictional works, ranging from novels, plays, satires, and an opera. Many of these portray his last years and his death in Venice in 1883-and even a fabricated eleventh-hour romance.

These fictional treatments-many examined here in English for the first time-reveal a striking evolution in the way that Wagner's character and reputation have been viewed over more than a century. They offer insights into changing contexts in Western intellectual and cultural history. And they make clear how much Wagner's associations with Venice have become part of the accumulated mythology of "the floating city."

John Barker's Wagner and Venice Fictionalized: Variations on a Theme will be of interest to all lovers of opera, Venice, and European culture generally. Book jacket.

Contents:

Factual chronology

Introduction

Vernon Lee (1890)

Gabriele D'Annunzio (1900)

Thomas Mann (1912)

Franz Werfel (1924)

Gustav Renker (1933)

Zdenko von Kraft (1943)

Joachim von Kürenberg (1947)

Egon Günther (1993)

Bernd Schünemann (1996)

Herbert Rosendorfer (1999/2001)

Graham Billing (1999)

Joachim Köhler (2006)

Jean-Claude Carrière / Jonathan Harvey (2007)

Ray Furness (2008)

Retrospect.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781580464109

1580464106

OCLC:

767566849