Modernism after Wagner
By: Juliet Koss.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press; Univ Of Minnesota Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780816651580; 9780816651597
Subjects: Wagner, Richard, -- 1813-1883 -- Influence; Modernism (Art); Arts, Modern -- 19th century; Arts, Modern -- 20th century
Description: This is a critical history of Wagner's concept of the 'Gesamtkunstwerk' and its impact on European modernism. Koss explores the legacy of Wagner's concept, laying out its genealogy and the political, aesthetic, and cultural context from which it emerged.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.