Synopses & Reviews
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“Certainly the most important work on Wagner that I have read in the last decade. It opens up fresh approaches and is likely—no, certain—to have a major impact on Wagner studies as well as the history of antisemitic mentality.”—Paul Lawrence Rose, author of Wagner: Race, Revolution and Redemption German Life
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“A serious attempt to place Wagners dramatic work into proper context both in the field of music and in the repertoire of antisemitic literature—and it deserves to be studied carefully.”—Cecil Bloom, Judaism Today Opera
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"An immensely informative cultural history."-German Life(German Life)
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“Nobody in their right mind denies that Wagner was an anti-Semite, and a virulent one at that. But is there actual evidence of anti-Semitism in the works themselves? . . . Weiners brilliant book gathers the evidence more meticulously and comprehensively than any has done before, and is essential reading.”—Barry Millington, Opera Barry Millington
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“A tremendous advance in the study of Wagner and the cultural influences that informed his work.”—Hillary Hope Herzog, Modern Language Notes Cecil Bloom - Judaism Today
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“An immensely informative cultural history.”—German Life Hillary Hope Herzog - Modern Language Notes
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-421) and index.
About the Author
Marc A. Weiner is a professor of Germanic studies and film studies at Indiana University and the author of Undertones of Insurrection (Nebraska 1993).