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Imagined Germany : Richard Wagner's national utopia / Hannu Salmi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salmi, Hannu, author.
- Series:
- German life and civilization.
- German life and civilization
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nationalism--Germany--History--19th century.
- Nationalism.
- Germany--Historiography.
- Germany.
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883--Political and social views.
- Wagner, Richard.
- Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (242 pages).
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- Imagined Germany
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 2020.
- Summary:
- Imagined Germanyfocuses on Wagner's idea of Deutschtum, especially during the unification of Germany, 1864-1871. Salmi discusses how Wagner defined Germanness, what stereotypes, ideas, and sentiments he attached to it, and what kind of state could realize Wagner's national ideals.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction 1
- Part I: "What is German?": Wagner's Nationalist Writings and the Possibility of a New Germany
- Chapter 1: Wagner's Concept of the German Past 23
- On the Birth of the Romantic Sense of History 23
- Wagner and the History of Germany 27
- Mythical Germany 30
- The Past as Building Material for National Identity 33
- Chapter 2: The Home of the German Spirit 38
- Germany before Unification: 'An Atomistic Chaos' 38
- The State, the Nation or Culture 40
- 'The Spirit of the Genuine, True, Unadulterated': The National Stereotypes 49
- The German Genius and the Mission of German Culture 52
- Chapter 3: The Gesamtkunstwerk and the Future Germany 69
- The Rebirth of Antiquity 69
- Wagner's Theory of Art and the Gesamtkunstwerk 74
- A Possible Germany 78
- Part II: "Towards The Power of Germany ...": Wagner's Political Activity and The Unification of
- Germany, 1864-1871
- Chapter 4: Wagner in Munich, 1864-65 87
- Looking for a German Community 87
- The Invitation to Munich 91
- Ludwig II and Richard Wagner 96
- The Political Gauntlet and Deportation from Munich 102
- Chapter 5: A Political Outcast between Bavaria and Prussia 117
- Wagner's and Ludwig's Relationship during the Triebschen Years 117
- The Austro-Prussian War: Wagner's Changing Relation to Prussia 122
- German Art and German Politics 131
- The Mastersingers of Nuremberg 134
- Chapter 6: "I Stir Them Ever to Strife ..." 145
- The Outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War (1870) 145
- "Hail to the Emperor!": Wagner and the Unification of Germany 149
- Part III: The Paths of the Artist and the State Diverge
- Chapter 7: Disappointment with the New Germany 159
- Bismarck's Relationship with Wagner 159
- "Without Germany's Greatness My Art Was Only a Dream ..." 165
- Chapter 8: Bayreuth: Towards Immortality 172
- The Foundation of the Bayreuth Festival 172
- A Place in History 178
- The Maintenance of the Wagner-Image by the Bayreuth Circle 184
- Epilogue: "My Kingdom Is Not of This World" 195
- List of Sources 205
- Index 229.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (library.oapen.org, viewed May 15, 2023).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
- ISBN:
- 1-4331-7366-2
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