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Cambridge, Mass. / London, England: Harvard University Press, 2012. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book is in very good condition, little shelf rubbing apparent, text appears entirely clean and clear throughout. 'Though his image is tarnished today by unrepentant anti-Semitism, Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was better known in the nineteenth century for his provocative musical eroticism. In this illuminating study of the composer and his works, Laurence Dreyfus shows how Wagner's obsession with sexuality prefigured the composition of operas such as Tannhauser, Die Walkure, Tristan und Isolde, and Parsifal. Daring to represent erotic stimulation, passionate ecstasy, and the torment of sexual desire, Wagner sparked intense reactions from figures like Baudelaire, Clara Schumann, Nietzsche, and Nordau, whose verbal tributes and censures disclose what was transmitted when music represented sex. Wagner himself saw the cultivation of an erotic high style as…
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- Title Wagner and the Erotic Impulse
- Author Laurence Dreyfus
- Binding Paperback
- Edition GLD
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harvard University Press, Cambridge
- Date 2012-05-07
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780674064294 / 0674064291
- Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
- Dimensions 9.27 x 6.4 x 0.69 in (23.55 x 16.26 x 1.75 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: Germany
- Dewey Decimal Code 782.109
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