Wagner and SuicideMcFarland, 2010/06/25 - 203 ページ Composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883) likely suffered from a manic-depressive disorder but in his time very little was known about mental illness, and suicide was not a topic for general discussion. Wagner was often plagued by extreme mood swings; he used his operas, especially the librettos, to express himself and his personal difficulties. This investigation of the suicidal themes in Wagner's life and operas--Die Fliegender Hollander, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger, the Ring cycle, and Parsifal--shows how manic-depressive illness, particularly the depressive part of it, affected Wagner's life and art. It also analyzes the influence of Giambattista Vico's theories of cycles (and how these theories appeared in Wagner's work), suicide as a theatrical and operatic phenomenon, and the way in which the theme of suicide has appeared in other works of the literary and performing arts. |
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... Cosima had to struggle to make her family solvent . Wagner defended his spending sprees by saying that the new items were necessary for his art , but those claims seem preposterous when one examines what he spent on his elaborate living ...
... Cosima , he longed for an end to his psycho - emotional isolation ; and because the erotic played such a powerful role in his life , what he wanted above all else was a woman who would love him without regard to whether she understood ...
... Cosima , who was able to provide him with something close to unconditional love . Some of Wagner's most poignant and death - ridden letters were those he wrote to Franz Liszt . In February of 1853 , a week before Liszt was to conduct ...
... Cosima , Would Hans be kind enough to write to me the moment he returns from Petersburg ? I need the advice and the ... Cosima . This suicidal letter , suggesting as it does that only death can end Wagner's suffering , certainly would ...
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Der Fliegende Hollander The Isolated Personality | 21 |
Tannhauser The Artistic Personality and Suicide | 37 |
Lohengrin The Dream Persona from Another World | 55 |
Tristan und Isolde Suicide as the Best Alternative | 73 |
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Mania and Reconciliation | 94 |
The Ring Cycle Suicide as Threat and Triumph | 111 |
Parsifal Beyond Polarity | 148 |
Suicide in Opera and Drama | 165 |
Wagner the Decadents and the Modern British Novel | 172 |
Conclusion | 182 |
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