Richard Wagner and the Anti-Semitic Imagination

by Marc A. Weiner

Book Overview

"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? . . . Weiner's brilliant book gathers the evidence more meticulously and comprehensively than any has done before, and is essential reading."-Barry Millington, Opera. "A serious attempt to place Wagner's dramatic work into proper context both in the field of music and in the repertoire...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803297920
• ISBN13: 9780803297920
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 447 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"