Wagner and Venice Fictionalized: Variations on a Theme

by John W. Barker

The first account of how Wagner's last years and his death in Venice have been mythologized in novels and other works of the creative imagination.

The vast literature about Richard Wagner and his works includes a surprising number of fictional works, including novels, plays, satires, and an opera. Many of these deal with his last years and his death in Venice in 1883 -- andeven a fabricated eleventh-hour romance.

These fictional treatments...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580464106
• ISBN13: 9781580464109
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"