• Review of: Eva Rieger, _Richard Wagner’s Women_, trans. Chris Walton (Boydell Press, 2011); and Laurence Dreyfus, _Wagner and the Erotic Impulse_ (Harvard University Press, 2010), in Current Musicology, No. 93 (Fall. 2013), 125-36.

    Author(s):
    Jeremy Coleman (see profile)
    Date:
    2013
    Group(s):
    International Musicological Society (IMS)
    Subject(s):
    Musicology, Feminism, Sex, Opera
    Item Type:
    Review
    Tag(s):
    Sexuality, Gender
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/gg77-rc11
    Abstract:
    The anniversary commemoration of great artistic figures would be incomplete without a survey of the scholarly landscape. So in the year of Richard Wagner’s bicentenary, the publication of new books shows no sign of abating, and nor should it, when there is still so much to be said about this most controversial of composers. But many of the literary products that pass for Wagner scholarship are still beset by popular assumption, blind deference, and trite dismissal, imposing a dead weight that threatens to smother the critical spark that alone can do Wagner justice and demonstrate his startling relevance. It is in this spirit that the present article will individually review two recent publications on gender and sexuality in Wagner, and finally compare them and reflect on wider scholarly trends and possibilities.
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    Publisher:
    Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Pub. Date:
    1st September 2013
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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