The Philosophies of Richard Wagner

by Julian Young and Julian Young Wake Forest University

Book Overview

Julian Young presents Richard Wagner as an important philosopher of art and life, first as a utopian anarchist-communist and later as a Schopenhauerian pessimist. Understanding Wagner's philosophy is crucial to understanding his operas, as it is to understanding Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Heidegger.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739199943
• ISBN13: 9780739199947
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"