Richard Wagner

出版者:Yale University Press

作者:Joachim Kohler

页数:704

译者:Mr. Stewart Spencer

出版时间:2004-12-11

价格:USD 45.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780300104226

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This major new biography of Richard Wagner is iconoclastic, astringent and bold. It explores the philosophical roots of Wagner's work, which the composer himself deliberately obfuscated. It re-evaluates Wagner's relationships with his mother, step-father and - most revealingly - his wife, Cosima, standing received opinion on its head. And he meets head on, and confirms, the controversy over Wagner's anti-semitism. At the same time, and notwithstanding, Kohler profoundly acknowledges Wagner's genius. His biography should become the standard account for a good many years. .