title: Wagner's Ring and German Drama: Comparative Studies in Mythology and History in Drama (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance)
author:  Mary A. Cicora 
description: "The author departs radically from the many studies on Wagner's influence on both music and literature, with her focus on myth versus history in German drama....Amply documented, this refreshing and provocative interdisciplinary study is recommended to literary critics, musicologists, and students of culture at all levels. A must for all libraries."-Choice<br /><br />..."this book represents a dedicated and thorough effort in research and scholarship."-The Opera Journal<br /><br />"We can thank Mary Cicora for her insights into Wagner's refabrication of mythology and indebtedness to Romantic irony and for her thoughtful placement of Wagner in the center of a tradition stretching from Schiller to Brecht."-Opera Quarterly<br /><br />?...this book represents a dedicated and thorough effort in research and scholarship.?-The Opera Journal<br /><br />?We can thank Mary Cicora for her insights into Wagner's refabrication of mythology and indebtedness to Romantic irony and for her thoughtful placement of Wagner in the center of a tradition stretching from Schiller to Brecht.?-Opera Quarterly<br /><br />?The author departs radically from the many studies on Wagner's influence on both music and literature, with her focus on myth versus history in German drama....Amply documented, this refreshing and provocative interdisciplinary study is recommended to literary critics, musicologists, and students of culture at all levels. A must for all libraries.?-Choice<br /><br />.,."this book represents a dedicated and thorough effort in research and scholarship."-The Opera Journal<br /><br />"Having successfully deconstructed the Ring, Mary Cicora now turns her sharp and practiced eye to situating Wagner in the larger story of German drama, from Schiller to Brecht. The results are impressive."-Paul Robinson Professor of History, Stanford University Author, Opera and Ideas: From Mozart to Strauss
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  # Stories of the Wagner Opera
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### H. A. Guerber
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  PREFACE.
  
  
  RIENZI, THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES.
  
  
  THE FLYING DUTCHMAN.
  
  
  TANNHAeUSER.
  
  
  LOHENGRIN.
  
  
  TRISTAN AND YSOLDE.
  
  
  THE MASTER SINGERS OF NUREMBERG.
  
  
  THE NIBELUNG'S RING.—RHEINGOLD.
  
  
  THE WALKYRIE.
  
  
  SIEGFRIED.
  
  
  DUSK OF THE GODS.
  
  
  PARSIFAL.
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Illustration: RICHARD WAGNER.]
  
  
  
  
  
  STORIES OF THE WAGNER OPERA.
  
  
  BY
  
  
  H.A. GUERBER,
  
  
  Author of
  
  
  “MYTHS OF GREECE AND ROME,” “MYTHS OF NORTHERN LANDS,” “CONTES ET
  
  
  LEGENDS,” etc.
  
  
  NEW YORK: DODD, MEAD, AND COMPANY. 1905.
  
  
  _Copyright 1895_ , BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY.
  
  
  University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
  
  
  Dedicated to my Friend, M.A. McC.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### PREFACE.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  These short sketches, 