Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde by Roger Scruton, Roger Scruton
Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde

Roger Scruton, Roger Scruton

Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde

Roger Scruton, Roger Scruton

248 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction music philosophy challenging reflective medium-paced
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Death-Devoted Heart explodes this established interpretation, proving the drama to be more than just a sublimation of the composer's love for Wesendonck or a wistful romantic dream. Scruton boldly attests that Tristan and Isolde has profound relig...

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