Richard Wagner and the Modern British Novel

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1978 - Literary Criticism - 179 pages
Examines 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

Introduction
11
The Magic Suggestiveness of Music Richard Wagner and Joseph Conrad
23
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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