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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... 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 communicate ...
... suggest that Wagner spent his whole life , on one level , looking for a mother figure who would give him the unconditional love he did not receive from his own mother . When as a child he cried in the dark because of his nightmares ...
... suggest a joint suicide ? Wagner writes that he longs to have his arms around his friend Liszt and that they have a long , long sleep together . Is Wagner suggesting that Liszt join him in the mountains of Switzerland to end their lives ...
... suggesting as it does that only death can end Wagner's suffering , certainly would have fallen on a sympathetic ear . Already Cosima herself had entered a suicide pact with another friend , Karl Ritter , because of the unhappiness of ...
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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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