| Description |
xx, 377 pages : illustration, music ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in opera
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Cambridge studies in opera.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-362) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Epic. Introduction : what is epic? -- Retrospective narrative and the epic process -- The orchestral narrator and elementary epic -- Spiritual and factual realities in epic -- -- Pt. II. Lyric. Introduction : what is lyric? -- Orpheus and lyric liberation -- First-person opera and lyric identity -- Lyric and the rebirth of tragedy -- -- Pt. III. Drama. Introduction : what is drama? -- Opera and tragedy -- Opera and comedy -- Resolution and ambiguity in comedy and tragedy -- Epilogue : Time, the Ring, and performance studies. |
| Subject |
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen -- Greek influences.
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| Added Title |
Ring cycle and the Greeks |
| ISBN |
9780521517393 hardback |
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0521517397 hardback |
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