The Wagner Experience: And its Meaning to Us
Signed by Paul Dawson-Bowling, complete in two volumes
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Printing Details
First edition, first printing. Two volumes (complete) in slipcase, hardback in dustwrapper. Slipcase measures 24.5 × 16.5 × 8.5cm, vol 1: xxvii + 268ppm, vol 2: 557pp.
This copy is signed and dedicated by Paul Dawson-Bowling to the ffep and volume 1, along with a receipt for the book signed by the author.
In this bicentenary celebration of Wagner and his music, Paul Dawson-Bowling introduces, deepens and enriches the Wagner Experience for the newcomer and the seasoned Wagnerian alike. Expounding in colourful style the stories, the sources and the lessons of Wagner's great dramas, he offers unusual insights into the man, his works and their meaning, while grappling with the music's almost occult power.
Before taking us through the ten great dramas themselves, he discusses Wagner's formative experiences, his aspirations and his mentality; also his first wife Minna and her immense but unrecognised impact. This sets up lenses through which the reader may more accurately view not only Wagner the man and his less appealing aspects, but, more importantly, his stage works, since, as Dawson-Bowling insists, the best encounter with Wagner's dramas is the direct one.
Uniquely drawing on a lifetime's experience in General Medical Practice, the author brings a wisdom, humanity and psychological understanding to his study of the life and work of Wagner, with especial reference to the thought of Carl Jung. Above all, this book draws out the vital lessons which Wagner's extraordinary, didactic dramas can offer us. It reveals their lessons as life-enhancing: capable of transforming our society, our lives and ourselves. There is no other book about Wagner quite like it.
Condition
Both books and slipcase are in very good condition.
ISBN
9781908699435
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Price
£40.00
