Wagner's Ring Cycle and the Greeks
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Through his reading of primary and secondary classical sources as well as his theoretical writings Richard Wagner developed a Hegelian-inspired theory linking the evolution of classical Greek politics and poetry. This book demonstrates how by turning theory into practice Wagner used this evolutionary paradigm to shape the music and the libretto of the Ring cycle. Foster describes how each of the Ring''s operas represents a particular phase of Greek poetic and political development: Das Rheingold and Die Walkre create epic national identity in its earlier and later stages respectively; Siegfried expresses lyric personal identity; and Gtterdmmerung destructively culminates with a tragi-comedy about civic identity. This study sees the Greeks through the lens of those scholars whose work influenced Wagner most focusing on epic lyric and comedy as well as Greek tragedy. Most significantly the book interrogates the ways in which Wagner uses Greek aesthetics to further his own ideological goals.
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