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Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I

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  • Publisher: Cascade Books
  • 17.8 x 25.4 x 1.9 cm

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Wagner's Ring is one of the greatest of all artworks of Western civilization, but what is it all about? The power and mystery of Wagner's creation was such that he himself felt he stood before his work "as though before some puzzle." A clue to the Ring's greatness lies in its multiple avenues of self-disclosure and the corresponding plethora of interpretations that over the years has granted ample scope for directors and will no doubt do so well into the distant future. One possible interpretation, which Richard Bell argues should be taken seriously, is the Ring as Christian theology. In this first of two volumes, Bell considers, among other things, how the composer's Christian interests may be detected in the "forging" of his Ring, looking at how he appropriated his sources (whether they be myths and sagas, writers, poets, or philosophers) and considering works composed around the same time, especially his Jesus of Nazareth.
Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I and Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle II
Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle IITheology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I

  • Title

    Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I

  • Author

    Bell Richard H. Bell

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cascade Books

  • Published

    January 2020

  • Weight

    595g

  • Dimensions

    17.8 x 25.4 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9781498235631

  • ISBN-10

    1498235638

  • Eden Code

    5217752

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