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A Pagan Spoiled: Sex and Character in Wagner's Parsifal
Anthony Winterbourne
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Hardcover. A philosophical contextualization of Wagner's final music-drama in which an analysis of both the sexual dynamics, and the religious and psychological symbolism of the action, provides the foundation for a fresh understanding of the most striking example of the composer's life-long preoccupation with the feminization of redemption. Series: A Pagan Spoiled. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
This book is an original philosopical contextualisation of Wagner's final music-drama in which an analysis of both the sexual dynamics, and the religious and psychological symbolism of the action, provides the foundation for a fresh understanding of the most striking example of the conposer's life-long preoccupation with the feminization of redemption. In addition to discussions of the opera's historical and legendary sources, the author presents an examination of Otto Weiminger's fin de siecle polemic against Judaism and female sexuality, insofar as it has been regarded as itself Wagnerian. It is argued throughout the text that 'Parsifal' has much in it ... Read more
This book is an original philosopical contextualisation of Wagner's final music-drama in which an analysis of both the sexual dynamics, and the religious and psychological symbolism of the action, provides the foundation for a fresh understanding of the most striking example of the conposer's life-long preoccupation with the feminization of redemption. In addition to discussions of the opera's historical and legendary sources, the author presents an examination of Otto Weiminger's fin de siecle polemic against Judaism and female sexuality, insofar as it has been regarded as itself Wagnerian. It is argued throughout the text that 'Parsifal' has much in it ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Condition
New
Series
A Pagan Spoiled
Number of Pages
142
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9780838639788
SKU
V9780838639788
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About Anthony Winterbourne
Anthony Winterbourne holds degrees in philosophy from the University of Bristol.
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