TY - BOOK ID - 2872722 TI - Interpreting Wagner AU - Treadwell, James AU - Yale University Press PY - 2003 SN - 0300098154 PB - New Haven (Connecticut) London Yale University Press DB - UniCat KW - Wagner, Richard KW - Criticism and interpretation KW - Wagner, Richard, KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Music. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2872722 AB - In this fresh and inventive book, James Treadwell lays open the rich possibilites for interpretation offered across the full range of Wagner’s art. Focusing on Wagner’s music, dramas, and prose writings, rather than on questions of biography or influence, the book carefully traces the tensions and uncertainties embedded within the composer’s central themes.Treadwell identifies and pursues the habitual concerns of Wagner’s operas and writings: enchantment, seduction, heroism, victory, transcendence, and sacredness. While Wagner’s work repeatedly and urgently sets itself to deny various or ambiguous interpretations, the operas themselves are nevertheless far more intricate and conflicted than this denial allows for. In this altered light, the dimensions of Wagner’s art are unexpectedly extended, and its enduring vitality is refreshingly reasserted. ER -