Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I: The Genesis and Development of the Tetralogy and the Appropriation of Sources, Artists, Philosophers, and Theologia by Bell, Richard H.

Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781498235631)

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Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I: The Genesis and Development of the Tetralogy and the Appropriation of Sources, Artists, Philosophers, and Theologia by Bell, Richard H.

Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I

$42.00
Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I: The Genesis and Development of the Tetralogy and the Appropriation of Sources, Artists, Philosophers, and Theologia by Bell, Richard H.

Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I

$42.00
Format: Paperback
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Wagner's Ring is one of the greatest of all artworks of Western civilization, but what is it all about? The power and mystery of Wagner's creation was such that he himself felt he stood before his work "as though before some puzzle." A clue to the Ring's greatness lies in its multiple avenues of self-disclosure and the corresponding plethora of interpretations that over the years has granted ample scope for directors and will no doubt do so well into the distant future. One possible interpretation, which Richard Bell argues should be taken seriously, is the Ring as Christian theology. In this first of two volumes, Bell considers, among other things, how the composer's Christian interests may be detected in the "forging" of his Ring, looking at how he appropriated his sources (whether they be myths and sagas, writers, poets, or philosophers) and considering works composed around the same time, especially his Jesus of Nazareth.

Author: Richard H. Bell
ISBN-10: 1498235638
ISBN-13: 9781498235631
Publisher: Cascade Books
Language: English
Published: 01/21/2020
Pages: 342
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.71d
By Richard H. Bell
By Richard H. Bell
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Richard H. Bell is Professor of Theology at the University of Nottingham, UK. He studied theoretical physics at University College London and theology at Oxford and T?ingen. He is author of Provoked to Jealousy (1994), No one seeks for God (1998), The Irrevocable Call of God (2005), Deliver Us from Evil (2007), and Wagner's Parsifal (2013).

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