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Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and the Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde
DeathDevoted Heart Sex and the Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde
Author: Roger Scruton
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 ultimately dying in one another's arms. While critics have lauded Wagner's Tristan and Isolde for the originality and subtlety of the music, they have denounced the drama as a "mere tri...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199928088
ISBN-10: 0199928088
Publication Date: 11/1/2012
Pages: 248
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
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