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In Search of Wagner
Theodor W. Adorno
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Description for In Search of Wagner
Paperback. An analysis of the controversial composer's oeuvre. Part of "Radical Thinkers" series, it combines the brilliant exponent of Frankfurt School Marxism with aesthetics and ideology. It comes with an introduction by Slavoj Zizek. Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
Written in exile from Germany, this potent study of Europe's most controversial composer explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural analysis. Measuring key elements of Wagner's oeuvre with patent musical dexterity, Adorno sheds light on a nineteenth-century bourgeois figure whose operas betray the social gestures and high-culture fantasies that helped plant the seeds of the modern Culture Industry. A foreword by Slavoj Zizek situates Adorno's reflections within present debates over Wagner's anti-Semitism and the moral status of his work, proving why this book remains one of the most important character studies of the twentieth century.
Written in exile from Germany, this potent study of Europe's most controversial composer explodes the frontiers of musical and cultural analysis. Measuring key elements of Wagner's oeuvre with patent musical dexterity, Adorno sheds light on a nineteenth-century bourgeois figure whose operas betray the social gestures and high-culture fantasies that helped plant the seeds of the modern Culture Industry. A foreword by Slavoj Zizek situates Adorno's reflections within present debates over Wagner's anti-Semitism and the moral status of his work, proving why this book remains one of the most important character studies of the twentieth century.
Product Details
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Radical Thinkers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844673445
SKU
V9781844673445
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About Theodor W. Adorno
Theodor Adorno was Director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt from 1959 until his death in 1969.
Reviews for In Search of Wagner
A volume of Adorno is equivalent to a whole shelf of books on literature.
Susan Sontag An astonishing book, comparable only to the later Wagner tracts by Nietzsche ... essential reading for anyone seriously involved with the composer, and now we can read it thanks to a superior translation by Rodney Livingstone.
New York Review of Books
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Susan Sontag An astonishing book, comparable only to the later Wagner tracts by Nietzsche ... essential reading for anyone seriously involved with the composer, and now we can read it thanks to a superior translation by Rodney Livingstone.
New York Review of Books
... Read more