Death-Devoted Heart

Name: Death-Devoted Heart
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Sex and the Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde

Szerző: Roger Scruton

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Kiadó: Oxford University Press Inc

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A tale of forbidden love and inevitable death, the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde recounts th...

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Roger Scruton

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2003

oldal

246

EAN

9780195166910

ISBN

0195166914

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04422169

Kiadó

Oxford University Press Inc

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462

Méretek

150 x 217 x 21

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A tale of forbidden love and inevitable death, the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde recounts the story of two lovers unknowingly drinking a magic potion and ultimately dying in one another's arms. Critics have lauded Wagner's Tristan und Isolde for the originality and subtlety of the music, but have often viewed the drama as a "mere trifle," about Wagner's own forbidden affair with Matilde Wesendonk, the wife of a banker who supported him during his exile in Switzerland. In Death-Devoted Heart Scruton aims to vindicate the stature of the drama, presenting it as more than just a sublimation of the composer's love for Wesendonck or a wistful romantic dream. Scruton argues that Tristan und Isolde has profound religious meaning, as relevant today as it was to Wagner's contemporaries. Both philosophical and musicological, Scruton's analysis touches on the nature of tragedy, the significance of ritual sacrifice, and the meaning of redemption. Scruton provides a guide to the drama while offering insight into the nature of erotic love and the peculiar place of the erotic in our culture.

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