Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on abbreviations of sources
- Introduction
- 1 Modes of heroism in the early nineteenth century
- 2 Wagner and the early nineteenth-century theatre
- 3 Early music-drama: the isolated hero
- 4 Heroism, tragedy, and the Ring
- 5 The last music-dramas: toward the messiah
- 6 Wagner's heroism on stage
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on abbreviations of sources
- Introduction
- 1 Modes of heroism in the early nineteenth century
- 2 Wagner and the early nineteenth-century theatre
- 3 Early music-drama: the isolated hero
- 4 Heroism, tragedy, and the Ring
- 5 The last music-dramas: toward the messiah
- 6 Wagner's heroism on stage
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- Wagner and the Romantic Hero , pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004