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The swan king : Ludwig II of Bavaria / Christopher McIntosh.

Van Pelt Library DD801.B387 M35 2012
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Author/Creator:
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Genre:
  • Biographies.
Physical Description:
xx, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
Edition:
New revised edition.
Place of Publication:
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
Summary:
The Swan King is the biography of one of the most enigmatic figures of the nineteenth century, described by Verlaine as 'the only true king of his century'. A man of wildly eccentric temperament and touched by a rare, imaginative genius, Ludwig II of Bavaria is remembered both for his patronage of Richard Wagner and for the fabulous palaces that he created as part of a dream-world to escape the responsibilities of state. In the realization of his fantasies, he created a ferment of creativity among artists and craftsmen, while his neglect of Bavaria's political interests made powerful enemies among those critical of his self-indulgence and excesses. At the age of 40, declared insane in a plot to depose him, Ludwig died in mysterious circumstances. What truly happened on that fateful night has never been discovered. Book jacket.
Contents:
  • 1 The Northern Apollo Reborn 1
  • 2 The Captive Years 17
  • 3 From Cage to Throne 31
  • 4 The Coming of the Friend 41
  • 5 The Second Lola 55
  • 6 A Triumph, an Idyll and a Parting 79
  • 7 Germany in Turmoil 97
  • 8 Sophie 115
  • 9 Lilla ... and Others 129
  • 10 Wagnerian Strains 139
  • 11 A Crucial Decade: 1866-76 155
  • 12 Fantasies in Stone 183
  • 13 Dreams of E1 Dorado 205
  • 14 Ludwig II and the Theatre 213
  • 15 Forbidden Longings 225
  • 16 Farewell to Wagner 237
  • 17 The Twilight Years 247
  • 18 The Trap Closes 271
  • 19 Prophecies Fulfilled 289.
Notes:
  • Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 1982.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
  • 9781848858473
  • 1848858477
OCLC:
782998115

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