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In Addition To Being A Great Composer, Richard Wagner Was Also An Important Philosopher. Julian Young Begins By Examining The Philosophy Of Art And Society Wagner Constructs During His Time As A Revolutionary Anarchist-communist. Modernity, Wagner Argued, Is To Be Rescued From Its Current Anomie Through The Rebirth Of Greek Tragedy (the Original Gesamtkunstwerk) In The Form Of The Artwork Of The Future, An Artwork Of Which His Own Operas Are The Prototype. Young Then Examines The Entirely Different Philosophy Wagner Constructs After His 1854 Conversion From Hegelian Optimism To Schopenhauerian Pessimism. Redemption Now Becomes, Not A Future Utopia In This World, But Rather Transfigured Existence In Another World, Attainable Only Through Death. Viewing Wagner's Operas Through The Lens Of His Philosophy, The Book Offers Often Novel Interpretations Of Lohengrin, The Ring Cycle, Tristan Und Isolde, Die Meistersinger, And Parsifal. Finally, Young Dresses The Cause Of Friedrich Nietzsche's Transformation From Wagner's Intimate Friend And Disciple Into His Most Savage Critic. Nietzsche's Fundamental Accusation, It Is Argued, Is One Of Betrayal: That Wagner Betrayed His Early, Life Affirmi

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Author

Julian Young

Publisher

Lexington Books/Fortress Academic

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780739199923

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, History, Music