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List of musical examples | p. ix |
Preface | p. xi |
Acknowledgments | p. xviii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Epic | |
Introduction: what is epic? | p. 33 |
Retrospective narrative and the epic process | p. 45 |
The orchestral narrator and elementary epic | p. 65 |
Spiritual and factual realities in epic | p. 83 |
Lyric | |
Introduction: what is lyric? | p. 111 |
Orpheus and lyric liberation | p. 122 |
First-person opera and lyric identity | p. 140 |
Lyric and the rebirth of tragedy | p. 157 |
Drama | |
Introduction: what is drama? | p. 183 |
Opera and tragedy | p. 197 |
Opera and comedy | p. 220 |
Resolution and ambiguity in comedy and tragedy | p. 235 |
Epilogue: Time, the Ring, and Performance Studies | p. 253 |
Appendices Wagner's primary and secondary sources | p. 267 |
Wagner's primary sources | p. 269 |
Secondary scholarship by authors Wagner knew personally | p. 276 |
Secondary scholarship by authors Wagner knew by reputation or by reading | p. 284 |
Notes | p. 295 |
Bibliography | p. 352 |
Index | p. 363 |
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