Richard Wagner, Fritz Lang, and the Nibelungen
the dramaturgy of disavowal
by David J. Levin
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This book draws on narrative and film theory, psychoanalysis, and musicology to explore the relationship between aesthetics and anti-Semitism in two important and controversial landmarks in German culture. David Levin argues that Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen and Fritz Lang's 1920s film Die Nibelungen creatively exploit contrasts between good and bad aesthetics to address the question of what is German and what is not.
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. 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.
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Civilization, Criticism and interpretation, Motion pictures, Music, Nibelungen (Motion picture), Social aspects, Social aspects of Motion pictures, Social aspects of Music, Music and society, Lang, fritz, 1890-1976, Nibelungenlied, Opera, germany, Opera, history and criticism, Wagner, richard, 1813-1883, Germany, civilizationPlaces
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Richard Wagner, Fritz Lang, and the Nibelungen: the dramaturgy of disavowal
1998, Princeton University Press
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0691026211 9780691026213
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-198) and index.
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