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Treacherous bonds and laughing fire : politics and religion in Wagner's Ring /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berry, Mark, 1974-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2006]
Subjects:
Wagner, Richard, > 1813-1883. > Ring des Nibelungen.
Wagner, Richard, > 1813-1883 > Political and social views.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : problems and opportunities
  • The intellectual and biographical background
  • Musical drama
  • The natural world and its despoliation
  • Property, capital, and production
  • Law, government, and the state
  • The strength and weakness of religion
  • Power or love
  • Revolution
  • Renunciation
  • Annihilation, redemption, and augury.