Richard Wagner in Paris: Translation, Identity, Modernity
- Author: Coleman, Jeremy
The Parisian part of Wagner's journey is just that - a part - and Jeremy Coleman persuades us that it's not just a part that matters, but a part without which the whole could have been very different.... — More…
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$98.50Contents
- Introduction: Wagner Against the Grain
- Part I. Paris Years, 1839-1842
- 1. Through Babel's Arcades: Early Entanglements
- 2. Translating German Opera: Le Freyschutz
- Part II. Dresden and Zurich, 1843-1852
- 3. "...in ein fernes Land": German Identity Between Paris and Dresden
- 4. Exile, Internationalism and Media After the Revolution
- Part III. Paris Years, 1859-1861
- 5. Wagner Without Theatre: Aporias of Translation
- 6. All About Venus: Another Look at the "Paris" Tannhauser
- Conclusion: Universality at the Crossroads
- Bibliography