Richard Wagner, Fritz Lang, and the Nibelungen
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.58 (520 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691026211 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Consistent with this view, Levin shows, the Germanic hero Siegfried is killed in each work by virtue of his unwitting adoption of a narrative role.Levin begins with an explanation of the book's theoretical foundations and then applies these theories to close readings of, in turn, Wagner's cycle and Lang's film. For both Wagner and Lang, narration--or, in cinematic terms, visual presentation--possesses a typically Jewish potential for manipulation and control. This highly original book draws on narrative and film theory, psychoanalysis, and musicology to explore the relationship between aesthetics and anti-Semitism in two controversial landmarks in German culture. He shows that each work associates a villainous character, portrayed as non-Germanic and Jewish, with the sometimes dramatically awkward act of narration. He concludes by tracing how Germans have dealt with the Nibelungen myths in the wake of the Second World War, paying special attention to Michael Verhoeven's 1989 film The Nasty Girl. His fresh and interdisciplinary approach sheds new light not only on Wagner's Ring and Lang's
Richard Wagner, Fritz Lang, and the Nibelungen Douglas Snapp What verbiage! Get to the point!I'm sorry; I read and re-read and still have no clear idea what the author is trying to say.The author could have saved much paper by writing one clearly stated sentence--and been done with it.If I see the word inflected one more time--w. The misrepresentation is mainly by omission David Levin's book _Richard Wagner, Fritz Lang and the Nibelungen_ centers around the allegation that Mime in Wagner's opera _Siegfried_, and Alberich in Fritz Lang's 1920 film _Die Nibelungen_ (both dwarfs), are antisemitic representations.Levin's arguments for these . "Save your money" according to A Customer. I heard the author speak at a conference on Wagnerism and Musicoverseas, and it contained the gist of this book. Basically theauthor is a professional hand-wringer victim, who travels aroundthe world cadging free meals and lodging by trotting out a veryshop-worn person
A subtly argued study of how the works under consideration 'render their politics in an aesthetic register.'"--Herbert Lindenberger, Quarterly Journal of the Modern Language Association"David J. "This is a smart and thoroughly absorbing book. Levin deftly executes his readings of Wagner and Lang, and the book's keen, unencumbered prose and practicable assessments perhaps a partial dividend of its author's work as Dramaturg at the Frankfurt Opera encourages the broad readership of this study."--Kelly Barry, Modern Language Notes"Richard Wagner, Fritz Lang, and the Nibelungen engages in close textual readings in order to shed light on much larger cultural issues and fault lines. This brief summary can barely do ju