Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-187) and index.
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.
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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.