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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... , especially the cycle of enjoying life but then desiring death , will recur in Wagner's correspondence and , more importantly , in his operas . Chapter 1 Wagner's Bipolar Life : Mania and Depression Bipolar 6 Introduction.
... death - ridden letters were those he wrote to Franz Liszt . In February of 1853 , a week before Liszt was to conduct The Flying Dutchman in Weimar , Wagner wrote to him : Good luck with the " flying Dutchman " ! I cannot get this ...
... death . Liszt : About six months later , on January 15 , 1854 , Wagner again wrote to Dearest friend , The Rhinegold is finished— : but I am finished as well !!! During recent weeks I have necessarily and intentionally ren- dered myself ...
... death : total unconsciousness , complete annihilation , the end of all dreams— the only ultimate redemption ! But since I have never in my life enjoyed the true happiness of love , I intend to erect a further monument to this most ...
... death , would be an image the composer would use in the second act of Parsifal . Even after Wagner was forced to leave her because of the discovery of the affair by his wife Minna and by Mathilde's husband Otto , Wagner's suicidal ...
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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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