Wagner and Philosophy
$39.66
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
6 September 2001
Summary
Wagner was one of the few major composers who studied philosophy seriously. Bryan Magee places the composer’s artistic development in the context of the philosophy of his age, and gives us the first detailed and comprehensive study of the close links between Wagner and the philosophers - from the pre-Marxist socialists to Feuerbach and Schopenhauer. Magee explores the relationship between words and music, between the conscious and the unconscious mind, between art and philosophy. It tackles s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140295191 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140295194 |
| Author: | Bryan Magee |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 6 September 2001 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 21mm |
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About The Author
Bryan Magee
Bryan Magee has had a distinguished and varied career as scholar, broadcaster and parliamentarian. His previous books include Aspects of Wagner (1968), On Blindness (with Martin Milligan, 1996), The Philosophy of Schopenhauer (1997) and Confessions of a Philosopher (1997). He was a Labour MP from 1974 until joining the SDP in 1982.
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