Beyond reason : Wagner contra Nietzsche / Karol Berger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berger, Karol, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Operas.

Wagner, Richard.

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883--Philosophy.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900--Criticism and interpretation.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Operas (Wagner, Richard).

Operas--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Operas.

Philosophy.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvi, 529 pages : music ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Beyond Reason relates Wagner's works to the philosophical and cultural ideas of his time, centering on the four music dramas he created in the second half of his career: Der Ring des Nibelungen, Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and Parsifal. Karol Berger seeks to penetrate the "secret" of large-scale form in Wagner's music dramas and to answer those critics, most prominently Nietzsche, who condemned Wagner for his putative inability to weld small expressive gestures into larger wholes. Organized by individual opera, this is essential reading for both musicologists and Wagner experts."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: beyond autonomy

The secret of music-dramatic form: music drama as opera

Der Ring des Nibelungen: the anarchist utopia

Tristan und Isolde: the erotic utopia

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: politics after Tristan

Parsifal: ethics after Tristan

Epilogue: Wagner contra Nietzsche.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Berger, Karol, 1947- author. Beyond reason

ISBN:

9780520292758

0520292758

OCLC:

946725840