EAN: 9780571371990

DOWNES MICHAEL STORY OF THE CENTURY

The Ring is one of the most epic and compelling stories of the nineteenth century  created by a
composer who was  alongside Dickens  Tolstoy and Victor-Hugo  also one of the century's master
storytellers. But the story of how Wagner created the work is one full of intrigue and triumphs
against unlikely odds - as well as controversy  due to the composer's anti-semitic views and
popularity with the Nazi party. In Story of the Century   Michael Downes combines cultural
history and biography to offer this accessible and insightful introduction to The Ring and its
mythology. He tells the story of how and why this extraordinary masterpiece came into being 
why it takes the form it does  why it fascinates and obsesses so many and horrifies others  and
why it matters.

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