The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring

by Bernard Shaw

THE PERFECT WAGNERITE
A COMMENTARY ON
THE NIBLUNG'S RING

by Bernard Shaw

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CONTENTS

[ Preface to the First German Edition ]

[ PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ]

[ Preface to the First Edition ]

[ THE PERFECT WAGNERITE ]

[ PRELIMINARY ENCOURAGEMENTS ]

[ THE RING OF THE NIBLUNGS ]

[ THE RHINE GOLD ]

[ WAGNER AS REVOLUTIONIST ]

[ THE VALKYRIES ]

[ SIEGFRIED ]

[ BACK TO OPERA AGAIN ]

[ SIEGFRIED AS PROTESTANT ]

[ PANACEA QUACKERY, OTHERWISE IDEALISM ]

[ DRAMATIC ORIGIN OF WOTAN ]

[ THE LOVE PANACEA ]

[ NOT LOVE, BUT LIFE ]

[ ANARCHISM NO PANACEA ]

[ SIEGFRIED CONCLUDED ]

[ NIGHT FALLS ON THE GODS ]

[ PROLOGUE ]

[ A WAGNERIAN NEWSPAPER CONTROVERSY ]

[ FORGOTTEN ERE FINISHED ]

[ WHY HE CHANGED HIS MIND ]

[ WAGNER'S OWN EXPLANATION ]

[ THE PESSIMIST AS AMORIST ]

[ THE MUSIC OF THE RING ]

[ THE CHARACTERIZATION ]

[ THE OLD AND THE NEW MUSIC ]

[ THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ]

[ THE MUSIC OF THE FUTURE ]

[ BAYREUTH ]

[ BAYREUTH IN ENGLAND ]

[ WAGNERIAN SINGERS ]

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Preface to the First German Edition