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Chaos and Dancing Star discusses the anarchist, revolutionary, feminist and nationalist influences on Wagner, the revolutionary who turned the world of opera upside down.
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Chaos and Dancing Star
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Table of Contents
List of TablesviiPrefaceixAcknowledgmentsxviiVorspiel1IntroductionWagner the revolutionaryWhat is anarchism?The question of womenWagner and anarchismThe case against WagnerConclusionAct IInfluences on Wagner35Wagner and ProudhonWagner and Bakunin39Other 18th and 19th Century Influences44HeinseLaubeSaint-SimonHeineBorneFourierCabetLamennaisHumboldtNovalisHoffmannRugeFeuerbachStirnerWeitlingHessGrunRockelTonniesBurkePaineGodwinOwenShelleyHerzenClassical Influences60AeschylusPythagorusEmpedoclesHeraclitusAntisthenesDiogenesPyrrhoZeno of CitiumOvidThe Middle Ages62Joachim of FlorisHafizMeister EckhartThomas MoreRabelaisEstienne de la BoetieFrancis BaconJakob BoehmeHegel, List, Marx and the Marxists64Nationalists and "Proto Fascists"66Von HerderFichteVon GorresJahnGobineauVon TreitschkeWagner, Freemasonry and the Occult68Knights TemplarTeutonic KnightsFreemasonsRosicruciansIlluminatiAct IIWagner and Revolution75The early prose worksDie MeistersingerRedemptionTannhauserOpera and DramaSchopenhauerThe mature WagnerWagner and nationalismWagner, his work, his times and his sourcesEntr'acte: Wagner and Anarchism103Wagner and educationWagner and his attitude to institutions, laws and contractsCrime and punishmentAttitude towards force and authorityWelfare and dependencyRepresentative democracyGreat menHonors and medalsMoneyNon-violence and BuddhismWar and violenceAnimals, vegetarianism and anti-vivisectionStrong liquorThe simple lifeLuxuryWagner and feminismSex, incest and free loveHomosexualityAct IIIWagner's Influence129Scene 1133GermanyAustriaCzechoslovakiaSwitzerlandItalyPolandRussiaNetherlandsBelgiumScene 2175FranceSpainScene 3209United Kingdom and IrelandDenmarkNorwayIsraelMexicoUnited States of AmericaSouth AfricaNew ZealandAustraliaCoda249Postlude: Wagner and Anti-Semitism253IntroductionHitler and WagnerFascist music?RienziDie MeistersingerParsifalThe RingConclusionBibliography281Index327
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Chaos and Dancing Star
From the Publisher
Chaos and Dancing Star discusses the anarchist, revolutionary, feminist and nationalist influences on Wagner, the revolutionary who turned the world of opera upside down.
Features -
Chaos and Dancing Star
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
List of TablesviiPrefaceixAcknowledgmentsxviiVorspiel1IntroductionWagner the revolutionaryWhat is anarchism?The question of womenWagner and anarchismThe case against WagnerConclusionAct IInfluences on Wagner35Wagner and ProudhonWagner and Bakunin39Other 18th and 19th Century Influences44HeinseLaubeSaint-SimonHeineBorneFourierCabetLamennaisHumboldtNovalisHoffmannRugeFeuerbachStirnerWeitlingHessGrunRockelTonniesBurkePaineGodwinOwenShelleyHerzenClassical Influences60AeschylusPythagorusEmpedoclesHeraclitusAntisthenesDiogenesPyrrhoZeno of CitiumOvidThe Middle Ages62Joachim of FlorisHafizMeister EckhartThomas MoreRabelaisEstienne de la BoetieFrancis BaconJakob BoehmeHegel, List, Marx and the Marxists64Nationalists and "Proto Fascists"66Von HerderFichteVon GorresJahnGobineauVon TreitschkeWagner, Freemasonry and the Occult68Knights TemplarTeutonic KnightsFreemasonsRosicruciansIlluminatiAct IIWagner and Revolution75The early prose worksDie MeistersingerRedemptionTannhauserOpera and DramaSchopenhauerThe mature WagnerWagner and nationalismWagner, his work, his times and his sourcesEntr'acte: Wagner and Anarchism103Wagner and educationWagner and his attitude to institutions, laws and contractsCrime and punishmentAttitude towards force and authorityWelfare and dependencyRepresentative democracyGreat menHonors and medalsMoneyNon-violence and BuddhismWar and violenceAnimals, vegetarianism and anti-vivisectionStrong liquorThe simple lifeLuxuryWagner and feminismSex, incest and free loveHomosexualityAct IIIWagner's Influence129Scene 1133GermanyAustriaCzechoslovakiaSwitzerlandItalyPolandRussiaNetherlandsBelgiumScene 2175FranceSpainScene 3209United Kingdom and IrelandDenmarkNorwayIsraelMexicoUnited States of AmericaSouth AfricaNew ZealandAustraliaCoda249Postlude: Wagner and Anti-Semitism253IntroductionHitler and WagnerFascist music?RienziDie MeistersingerParsifalThe RingConclusionBibliography281Index327
Synopsis
Chaos and Dancing Star discusses the anarchist, revolutionary, feminist and nationalist influences on Wagner, the revolutionary who turned the world of opera upside down.
