Redemption or Annihilation?: Love Versus Power in Wagner's Ring

By John Tietz

Wagner's epic Ring of the Niebelungs stands as a focal point of nineteenth-century German art. Redemption or Annihilation? discusses the unusual structure of The Ring and major critical viewpoints, such as those of Friedrich Nietzsche and Theodor Adorno. An interpretation is presented in which Nietzsche's criticisms form the basis of a positive reading of The Ring, whose significance, structure, and meaning are still enthusiastically debated today.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820441481
• ISBN13: 9780820441481
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 249 Pages