Richard Wagner and the Modern British NovelExamines the profound influence Richard Wagner had on modern British fiction and such authors and artists as Shaw, Ford Madox Ford, Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, and Jessie Weston. |
Contents
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Situational Myths Richard Wagner and D H Lawrence | 56 |
Rhythm through Leitmotifs Richard Wagner and E M Forster | 86 |
Mythic Characterization Richard Wagner and Virginia Woolf | 105 |
Comic Uses of Myth Richard Wagner and James Joyce | 124 |
Conclusion | 151 |
Bibliography | 156 |
Index | 168 |
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Page 26 - All art, therefore, appeals primarily to the senses, and the artistic aim when expressing itself in written words must also make its appeal through the senses, if its high desire is to reach the secret spring of responsive emotions. It must strenuously aspire to the plasticity of sculpture, to the color of painting, and to the magic suggestiveness of music—which is the art of arts.
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