Cover; Halt-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on abbreviations of sources; Introduction; 1 Modes of heroism in the early nineteenth century; 2 Wagner and the early nineteenth-century theatre; 3 Early music-drama: the isolated hero; 5 The last music-dramas: toward the messiah; 6 Wagner's heroism on stage; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Simon Williams explores the image of the hero in Wagner's work and examines this heroism as a function of Wagner's theatre and music. The book analyses all thirteen stage works by Wagner and his adaptation of the figure of the Romantic hero
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-187) and index
