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Wagner's Ring and the Germanic Tradition

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Availability:In StockContributor:Collin ClearyPublish date:2020-12-21Pages:118
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wagnerphile BooksISBN-13:9781642641011ISBN-10:1642641014UPC:9781642641011Book Category:Music, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Individual Composer & Musician, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Genres & StylesBook Topic:OperaSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.28 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC4R5JB8DJ

In this remarkable book, Collin Cleary defends Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen against the claim that it "distorts" Germanic mythology. Wagner was a serious student of the myths and sagas of Northern Europe, and the Ring is surprisingly faithful to them. Wagner retells the traditional stories, revealing new layers of meaning. Indeed, of all the works that have preserved Germanic mythology, Wagner's Ring is the most beautiful and the most profound. Cleary includes a detailed account of the composer's use of the traditional sources. In addition, he offers a complete interpretation of the Ring, demonstrating Wagner's synthesis of German myth and German philosophy.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Wagnerphile BooksISBN-13:9781642641011ISBN-10:1642641014UPC:9781642641011Book Category:Music, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Individual Composer & Musician, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Genres & StylesBook Topic:OperaSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.28 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC4R5JB8DJ
Cleary, Collin: - COLLIN CLEARY, Ph.D. is an independent scholar living in Sandpoint, Idaho. He is the author of Summoning the Gods: Essays on Paganism in a God-Forsaken World (2011) and What Is a Rune?, (2015). He is one of the founders of TYR: Myth-Culture-Tradition, the first volume of which he co-edited. A Master in the Rune-Gild, his work has been translated into Czech, Danish, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Swedish.
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