Wagner's Visions

Examines the impact of contemporary ideas about the psyche and neglected yet crucial artistic influences on the psychological dimension of Wagner''s operas, especially Die Feen, Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, and the Ring.

Wagner''s Visions studies crucial influences on Wagner''s dramatic style during the years before and just after the failed Dresden revolutionary uprising of 1849...