The Consolations of History: Themes of Progress and Potential in Richard Wagner's Gotterdammerung

By Alexander Shapiro

Book Overview

Alexander H. Shapiro provides a fresh look at the influences on Wagner's G tterd mmerung, and critically re-evaluates the composer's intellectual worldview as revealed in his own prose works, letters and diary entries. The book challenges conventional views that continue to impede a clear understanding of this work's meaning.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367243210
• ISBN13: 9780367243210
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"