Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and the Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde

A tale of forbidden love and inevitable death, the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde recounts the story of two lovers unknowingly drinking a magic potion and ultimately dying in one another's arms. While critics have lauded Wagner's Tristan and Isolde for the originality and subtlety of the music, they have denounced the drama as a "mere trifle"--a rendering of Wagner's forbidden love for Matilde Wesendonck, the wife of a banker who supported...

By Roger Scruton
Paperback: 248 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Reprint edition (November 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0199928088
ISBN-13: 978-0199928088
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 0.7 x 5.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 120239
Format: PDF ePub TXT ebook

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