A kingdom not of this world : Wagner, the arts, and utopian visions in fin-de-siècle Vienna /
This book challenges prevalent understandings of elite artistic culture in fin-de-siècle Vienna by examining creative manifestations of utopian imaginings that ran counter and parallel to the cultural pessimism widely diagnosed in that society. It argues that the music and writings of Richard Wagner...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2013.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book challenges prevalent understandings of elite artistic culture in fin-de-siècle Vienna by examining creative manifestations of utopian imaginings that ran counter and parallel to the cultural pessimism widely diagnosed in that society. It argues that the music and writings of Richard Wagner played a key role in inspiring such imagining, which either embraced and extended Wagner's own visions or countered them with visions that were wholly new. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199346011 9780199346011 9780199957934 0199957932 1306082323 9781306082327 |