{"product_id":"disturbing-the-universe-wagners-musikdrama-9781527299245","title":"Disturbing the Universe: Wagner's Musikdrama","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Wagner's art refuses to stand still, declines to play by the rules and will not observe any of the social graces'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is it that makes Wagner's art so endlessly powerful? So influential, seductive and repellent? So simultaneously creative and destructive? And why does it continue to shock, thrill and disturb all those who encounter it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Disturbing the Universe, David Vernon probes - in his incisive, provocative style - each of Wagner's mature works individually, from Der fliegende Holländer to Parsifal. He unpacks and interrogates the exquisite networks Wagner created through the radical development of opera into musikdrama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in spirited and enticing prose, this book will appeal to Wagner addicts and connoisseurs as well as to novices and sceptics. It invites us all to look anew at a timeless and controversial art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Vernon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candle Row Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781527299245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVernon, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Dr. David Vernon is an academic and writer. He studied at Oxford University and Freie Universität Berlin, where he completed his doctorate on Shakespeare's tragicomedies, and taught English literature for many years in London. He lives in Edinburgh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Candle Row Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39827251069043,"sku":"9781527299245","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_45071a19-104d-4974-a164-3cfbfa791fe5.jpg?v=1644563643","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/disturbing-the-universe-wagners-musikdrama-9781527299245","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}