Shaw, Bernard,  1856-1950 <br/><br/>
The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perfect_Wagnerite  Release date is 1998-10-01 
<br/><br/>Produced by Dianne Bean, and David Widger  Produced by Dianne Bean, and David Widger 
<br/><br/> "The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring" by Bernard Shaw is a philosophical commentary published in 1898. Shaw offers a radical reinterpretation of Wagner's Ring cycle, reading it as a Marxist allegory about capitalism's collapse rather than a simple fairy tale. He argues the work depicts "the whole tragedy of human history" and contemporary dilemmas, accessible only to those with wider consciousness beyond domestic concerns and conventional thinking. Shaw also traces Wagner's shift from music drama back toward traditional opera. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen Opera 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>MT