Wagner & Cinema

<p>The work of Richard Wagner is a continuing source of artistic inspiration and ideological controversy in literature philosophy and music as well as cinema. In <i>Wagner and Cinema </i> a diverse group of established and emerging scholars examines Wagner's influence on cinema from the silent era to the present. The essays in this collection engage in a critical dialogue with existing studies--extending and renovating current theories related to the topic--and propose unexplored topics and new methodological perspectives. The contributors discuss films ranging from the 1913 biopic of Wagner to Ridley Scott's <i>Gladiator </i> with essays on silent cinema film scoring Wagner in Hollywood German cinema and Wagner beyond the soundtrack.</p>