Treacherous bonds and laughing fire
Subtitle: politics and religion in Wagner's Ring
By: Mark Berry.
Publisher: Ashgatae
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants; Burlington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Wagner, Richard, -- 1813-1883.; Wagner, Richard, -- 1813-1883 -- Political and social views.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Problems and opportunities; title: The intellectual and biographical background; title: Musical drama; title: The natural world and its despoliation; title: Property, capital, and production; title: Law, government, and the state; title: The strength and weakness of religion; title: Power or love; title: Revolution; title: Renunciation; title: Annihilation, redemption, and augury.