Understanding Wagner

<p class=ql-align-justify>Wagner sums up modernity. It's all very well to start by being Wagnerian. Nietzsche</p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Glorified in France and Germany in the 19th century Wagner's image was hijacked: the revolutionary art of this close friend of Bakunin was soon enlisted by the Nazis in the service of their propaganda. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>The authors retrace Wagner's life his philosophy and the contrasting reception of his work. They remind us of the emotional shock he provoked and demonstrate that there is a before and after Wagner in European cultural history. </p>