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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... sleep near him , and he was made to sleep by himself at the farthest end of the family's apartment , where his total cut - offness in the dark served only to increase his nightmares and worsen his screaming . All his life , until he ...
... sleep , to awake only when my arms are around you . Write to me very precisely , also whether you are inclined , after a little stay at Zurich , to go with me to the solitude of the Grisons ; St. MoritZ might , after all , do you good ...
... sleep at night ; it is the sincere and heartfelt yearning for 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 ...
... sleep with the idea that , one day , I would die here : this is how I would die when you came to me for the last time , when , openly and before the whole world , you enfolded my head in your arms , and received mv soul with a final ...
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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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