Richard Wagner, Fritz Lang, and the Nibelungen
This highly original book draws on narrative and film theory, psychoanalysis, and musicology to explore the relationship between aesthetics and anti-Semitism in two 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 addres...
This highly original book draws on narrative and film theory, psychoanalysis, and musicology to explore the relationship between aesthetics and anti-Semitism in two 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 addres...
