Imagined Germany : : Richard Wagner's National Utopia /

Imagined Germany : : Richard Wagner's National Utopia / / Hannu Salmi.

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Imagined Germanyfocuses on Wagner's idea of Deutschtum, especially during the unification of Germany, 1864-1871. Salmi discusses how Wagner defined Germanness, what stereotypes, ideas, and sentiments he attached to it, and what kind of state could realize Wagner's national ideals.

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Superior document:German life and civilization
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Salmi, Hannu,
Place / Publishing House:New York : : Peter Lang Publishing,, 2020.
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Year of Publication:2020
Edition:Second Edition.
Language:English
Series:German life and civilization.
Physical Description:1 online resource (229 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments vii
  • Introduction 1
  • Part I: "What is German?": Wagner's Nationalist Writings and the Possibility of a New Germany
  • Chapter 1: Wagner's Concept of the German Past 23
  • On the Birth of the Romantic Sense of History 23
  • Wagner and the History of Germany 27
  • Mythical Germany 30
  • The Past as Building Material for National Identity 33
  • Chapter 2: The Home of the German Spirit 38
  • Germany before Unification: 'An Atomistic Chaos' 38
  • The State, the Nation or Culture 40
  • 'The Spirit of the Genuine, True, Unadulterated': The National Stereotypes 49
  • The German Genius and the Mission of German Culture 52
  • Chapter 3: The Gesamtkunstwerk and the Future Germany 69
  • The Rebirth of Antiquity 69
  • Wagner's Theory of Art and the Gesamtkunstwerk 74
  • A Possible Germany 78
  • Part II: "Towards The Power of Germany ...": Wagner's Political Activity and The Unification of Germany, 1864-1871
  • Chapter 4: Wagner in Munich, 1864-65 87
  • Looking for a German Community 87
  • The Invitation to Munich 91
  • Ludwig II and Richard Wagner 96
  • The Political Gauntlet and Deportation from Munich 102
  • Chapter 5: A Political Outcast between Bavaria and Prussia 117
  • Wagner's and Ludwig's Relationship during the Triebschen Years 117
  • The Austro-Prussian War: Wagner's Changing Relation to Prussia 122
  • German Art and German Politics 131
  • The Mastersingers of Nuremberg 134
  • Chapter 6: "I Stir Them Ever to Strife ..." 145
  • The Outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War (1870) 145
  • "Hail to the Emperor!": Wagner and the Unification of Germany 149
  • Part III: The Paths of the Artist and the State Diverge
  • Chapter 7: Disappointment with the New Germany 159
  • Bismarck's Relationship with Wagner 159
  • "Without Germany's Greatness My Art Was Only a Dream ..." 165
  • Chapter 8: Bayreuth: Towards Immortality 172
  • The Foundation of the Bayreuth Festival 172
  • A Place in History 178
  • The Maintenance of the Wagner-Image by the Bayreuth Circle 184
  • Epilogue: "My Kingdom Is Not of This World" 195
  • List of Sources 205
  • Index 229.

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