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

by RogerScruton (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2012

  $24.12

  Death-Devoted Heart explodes the established interpretation of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, 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 religious meaning and remains as relevant today as it was to Wagner's contemporaries.