Berry, Mark: Treacherous Bonds & Laughing Fire: Politics & Religion in Wagner's Ring (Ashgate Books) Hardback

Contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction: Problems and opportunities; The intellectual and biographical background; Musical drama; The natural world and its despoliation; Property, capital, and production; Law, government, and the state; The strength and weakness of religion; Power or love; Revolution; Renunciation; Annihilation, redemption, and augury; Index.