The Shaw, Bernard 1856-1950 creator text utu 1998 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perfect_Wagnerite Release date is 1998-10-01 Produced by Dianne Bean, and David Widger Original publication data not identified Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen Opera MT Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1487 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1487 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133045.0 1487