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Modernity between Wagner and Nietzsche /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Polka, Brayton (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
Series:Graven images (Lanham, Md.)
Subjects:
Philosophy, Modern > 19th century.
Christian philosophy.
Philosophy and religion.
Wagner, Richard, > 1813-1883.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, > 1844-1900.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Wagner's ring: life redeemed in death, love's sacrifice of life to death
  • Tristan und Isolde: life redeemed in death, love's sacrifice of life in death
  • Parsifal: life redeemed in death, love's sacrifice of life through death
  • Postlude recapitulated as prelude in Nietzsche: Ecce homo!
  • Conclusion: modernity as biblical consonance.