Wagner Without Fear
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Wagner Without Fear
Do you cringe when your opera-loving friends start raving about the latest production of Tristan? Do you feel faint just thinking about the six-hour performance of Parsifal you were given tickets to? Does your mate accuse you of having a Tannhäuser complex? If you're baffled by the behavior of Wagner worshipers, if you've longed to fathom the mysteries of Wagner's ever-increasing popularity, or if you just want to better understand and enjoy the performances you're attending, you'll find this delightful book indispensable. William Berger is the most helpful guide one could hope to find for navigating the strange and beautiful world of the most controversial artist who ever lived. He tells you all you need to know to become a true Wagnerite--from story lines to historical background; from when to visit the rest room to how to sound smart during intermission; from the Jewish legend that possibly inspired Lohengrin to the tragic death of the first Tristan. Funny, informative, and always a pleasure to read, Wagner Without Fear proves that the art of Wagner can be accessible to everyone. Includes: - The strange life of Richard Wagner--German patriot (and exile), friend (and enemy) of Liszt and Nietzsche - Essential opera lore and "lobby talk" - A scene-by-scene analysis of each opera - What to listen for to get the most from the music - Recommended recordings, films, and sound tracks
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him, his compositions, and his influence as a composer and performer.
Klein and Wagner
"Klein und Wagner," published during Hesse's intense period of psychoanalysis with C.G. Jung, represents one of his most daring literary experiments in psychological fiction. Composed in the winter months that followed the Armistice, Klein und Wagner carries forward the self-interrogation begun in Demian and lies midway between that book’s revelation and the later serenity of Siddhartha. The tale opens on an express train rushing toward the Italian lakes, its fugitive passenger already overwhelmed by images that flicker past like postcards and leave him unmoved, an early sign that the world outside has broken all contact with the conscience within . Friedrich Klein, minor official, husband and father, has forged documents and stolen money; the south offers both exile and the mirage of an earlier dream, “fulfilled wishes of youth” in cypress groves and rose-coloured walls that promise relief yet deliver only sharper self-scrutiny . Hesse orchestrates this setting with the same rapid chiaroscuro he used in Klingsor’s letzter Sommer: bright sensory detail is followed at once by vertigo, so that the geographical journey shadows an inward descent. This work is a clash of Nietzsche and Freud. The novella follows Friedrich Klein, a respectable clerk who, in a moment of existential crisis, abandons his family, embezzles money, and flees to Italy—only to discover that his rebellion merely unleashes his shadow-self, symbolically named after the murderer Wagner. This radical narrative of psychological disintegration marked Hesse's decisive break from his earlier, more conventional works, establishing him as a pioneering voice in European modernism's exploration of fragmented identity. Klein’s abandonment of family and career echoes the period’s widespread rejection of bourgeois norms, while his Mediterranean odyssey reflects postwar fascination with Mediterranean escapism as an antidote to northern European austerity. The narrative’s unresolved tension between liberation and self-destruction captures the zeitgeist of a society oscillating between utopianism and nihilism. Hesse’s own financial struggles and marital breakdowns infuse the text with autobiographical urgency, grounding its existential themes in material precarity. Historically, it documents the era’s psychological disarray, bridging expressionist angst and Neue Sachlichkeit’s detached realism. This new edition features a fresh, contemporary translation of Hesse's early work, making his philosophical, existentialist literature accessible to modern readers from the original Fraktur manuscripts. Enhanced by an illuminating Afterword focused on Hesse's personal and intellectual relationship with Carl Jung, a concise biography, a glossary of essential philosophical terms integral to his writings (his version of Jungian Psychological concepts) and a detailed chronology of his life and major works, this robust edition introduces the reader to the brilliance of his literature in context. It not only captures the depth and nuance of Hesse’s thought but also highlights its enduring impact on the debates of the mid-20th century, contemporary culture and Western Philosophy across the 20th and into the 21st century.