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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... encouragement with this book . Finally , I would like to thank Winnie Klotz of the Metropolitan Opera for the use of her wonderful photos . Introduction In his famous book Beyond the Pleasure Principle , viii Acknowledgments.
... them . His illness will also be shown to be at the core of the composer's notorious anti - Semitism , a product of the paranoid quality of his manic phase . Thomas Mann's famous essay , " The Suffering and Greatness 2 Introduction.
John Louis DiGaetani. Thomas Mann's famous essay , " The Suffering and Greatness of Rich- ard Wagner , " tells only part of the suffering of this composer , and Mann realized how much suffering Wagner endured . It is certainly ...
... famous work , Faust . That great work begins with a Prologue in Heaven and three archangels speaking : Raphael : Die Sonne tont , nach alter Weise , In Bruderspharen Wettgesang , Und ihre vorgeschriebne Reise Vollendet sie mit ...
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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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