{"product_id":"mythology-as-metaphor","title":"Mythology as Metaphor","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis literary and critical approach to Wagner's \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e provides an original interpretation of the \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e tetralogy and challenges the standard political analyses of the work. The \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e is examined in the tradition of the Romantic drama as a reworking of Greek tragedy as theoretically expressed in the second part of \u003ci\u003eOper und Drama\u003c\/i\u003e. In the \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e, using myth as a metaphor for history presents a paradoxical world. The innertextual reflection that Wotan performs in his monologue causes the \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e to self-destruct from within. He actually dismantles or deconstructs the text of the \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e. The doom of the gods happens because the \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e has undermined, unworked, and dismantled its system of signification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudies of Wagner's theoretical writings and music-dramas have not emphasized aspects of his works within the tradition of German drama and aesthetic theory. This discussion of Wagner's revision of Greek tragedy in \u003ci\u003eOper und Drama\u003c\/i\u003e, supplemented by an original interpretation of the \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e operas, places Wagner's writings within these realms. As a fresh interpretation of the \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e tetralogy, this valuable analysis will appeal to Wagner scholars and musicologists interested in Wagner's operas as well as to German cultural history and literary scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54219519426904,"sku":"9780313305283","price":82.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/mythology-as-metaphor","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}