Modernity between Wagner and Nietzsche
«Passionately and accessibly written, Brayton Polka's new book offers a bracing challenge to the prevailing view of Wagner and Nietzsche as the twin-progenitors of aesthetic modernism. Sharply critical of Wagner's 'falsification of the values that...constitute modernity,' Polka's study drives a sharp wedge between the musical 'master' and his one-time devotee. Eschewing a strictly immanent view of Wagner's revolutionary aesthetic, Polka's new study helpfully draws attention to modernism's deep philosophical and religious sources.»
Thomas Pfau, Duke University
Modernity between Wagner and Nietzsche analyzes the operas and writings of Wagner in order to prove that the ideas on which they are based contradict and falsify the values that are fundamental to modernity. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Lexington Books
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781498512503
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 22 x 15 cm
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«Passionately and accessibly written, Brayton Polka's new book offers a bracing challenge to the prevailing view of Wagner and Nietzsche as the twin-progenitors of aesthetic modernism. Sharply critical of Wagner's 'falsification of the values that...constitute modernity,' Polka's study drives a sharp wedge between the musical 'master' and his one-time devotee. Eschewing a strictly immanent view of Wagner's revolutionary aesthetic, Polka's new study helpfully draws attention to modernism's deep philosophical and religious sources.»
Thomas Pfau, Duke University