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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... to give the composer a monthly stipend to enable him to compose : It seems clear from all this that at any rate. Photograph of Richard Wagner by Franz Hanfstaengl " Liszt und Wagner " by Carl Roehling. 8 Wagner and Suicide.
John Louis DiGaetani. It seems clear from all this that at any rate the basic necessities of existence were secured ... seem preposterous when one examines what he spent on his elaborate living quarters , the lux- urious clothes he bought ...
... seems to suggest that God is purposely torturing him , a sadistic view of the divinity . Bryan Magee , in his book Wagner and Philosophy , states : He felt unable to relate to other people ; they did not understand him , he could not ...
... seems to be stating here that in most years of his life he has thought of suicide , and that the very act of creation has exacerbated this wish to end his life . Surely the repeated desire to sleep , to sleep , is his temptation to that ...
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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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