Papers from a conference held Oct. 12-14, 1990. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
"Am Mythenstein" : Richard Wagner and Swiss society / Tamara S. Evans -- Richard Wagner and the Altgermanisten : die Wibelungen und Franz Joseph Mone / Edward R. Haymes -- Reworking history : Wagner's German myth of Nuremberg / Peter Uwe Hohendahl -- Transgression and affirmation : gender roles, moral codes, and utopian vision in Richard Wagner's operas / Peter Morris-Keitel, Alexa Larson-Thorisch, and Audrius Dundzila -- Wagner and the vocal iconography of race and nation / Marc A. Weiner -- Wagner's last supper : the vegetarian gospel of his Parsifal / Jost Hermand -- The social politics of musical redemption / Frank Trommler -- The rivalry for Wagner's mantle : Strauss, Pfitzner, Mann / Hans Rudolf Vaget.
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