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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... means , electronic or mechanical , including photocopying or recording , or by any information storage and retrieval system , without permission in writing from the publisher . On the cover : detail ( flopped ) of photograph of Richard ...
... means , secure in the grand sense of entitlement his mania generated . What followed in most cases was a financial crash , with creditors pound- ing on his door and his euphoria transformed into suicidal depression . It was during one ...
... means of my work , and in so doing have sup- pressed every impulse to write to you until such time as I had completed it . This is the first morning that I can no longer find a pretext not to give vent to the wretchedness that I have ...
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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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