A Knight at the Opera : Heine, Wagner, Herzl, Peretz and the Legacy of 'Den Tannhauser' Paperback / softback
by Leah Garrett
Part of the Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies series
Paperback / softback
Description
A Knight at the Opera examines the remarkable and unknown role that the medieval legend (and Wagner opera) Tannhäuser played in Jewish cultural life in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The book analyzes how three of the greatest Jewish thinkers of that era, Heinrich Heine, Theodor Herzl, and I.
L. Peretz, used this central myth of Germany to strengthen Jewish culture and to attack anti-Semitism.
Readers will see how Tannhäuser evolves from a medieval knight to Peretz's pious Jewish scholar in the Land of Israel.
The book also discusses how the founder of Zionism, Theodor Herzl, was so inspired by Wagner's opera that he wrote The Jewish State while attending performances of it.
A Knight at the Opera uses Tannhäuser as a way to examine the changing relationship between Jews and the broader world during the advent of the modern era, and to question if any art, even that of a prominent anti-Semite, should be considered taboo.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:147 pages
- Publisher:Purdue University Press
- Publication Date:30/08/2011
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- ISBN:9781557536013
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:147 pages
- Publisher:Purdue University Press
- Publication Date:30/08/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781557536013
