The Teutonic Mythology of Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung": pt. 1-2. The natural and supernatural worlds

The Teutonic Mythology of Richard Wagner's

Author: William O. Cord

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Published: 1989

Total Pages: 320

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An exhaustive, three-volume presentation of the totality of mythological thought associated with Wagner's Ring. Volume 1 includes extensive treatments of: the World Ash, the Rainbow Bridge, Donner's Golden Hammer, Valhalla, and the Ring. Volume 2 presents each god in rich detail and unprecedented breadth of coverage. Volume 3 (Parts 1 and 2) includes a supplement on the names presented in the first two volumes with specific examination of every person, thing, or object given a proper name in the drama. Assembles and explicates the many miscellaneous elements, difficult to categorize, that are vital to appreciation of the Ring.

New Studies in Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung

New Studies in Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung PDF

Author: Edwin Mellen Press

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780889464452

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This volume comprises papers presented at the 1988 Wagner conference in Seattle exploring this opera cycle as music, myth, theatre art, and literature, including comparisons with T. S. Eliot's The Wasteland and James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake.

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