Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and the Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and the Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde Book

In Death-Devoted Heart Roger Scruton argues that Tristan und Isolde has profound religious meaning. Blending philosophy, criticism and musicology, he shows the work is as relevant today as it was to Wagner's contemporaries. Scruton's analysis touches on the nature of tragedy, the significance of ritual sacrifice, and the meaning of redemption.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    A tale of forbidden love and inevitable death, the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde recounts the story of two lovers unknowingly drinking a magic potion and dying in one another's arms. While critics have lauded Wagner's Tristan and Isolde...

  • 0195166914
  • 9780195166910
  • Roger Scruton
  • 22 January 2004
  • OUP USA
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 248
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