{"product_id":"the-total-work-of-art-foundations-articulations-inspirations-9781785331848","title":"The Total Work of Art: Foundations,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tFor two centuries, \u003cem\u003eGesamtkunstwerk\u003c\/em\u003e—the ideal of the “total work of art”—has exerted a powerful influence over artistic discourse and practice, spurring new forms of collaboration and provoking debates over the political instrumentalization of art. Despite its popular conflation with the work of Richard Wagner, \u003cem\u003eGesamtkunstwerk\u003c\/em\u003e’s lineage and legacies extend well beyond German Romanticism, as this wide-ranging collection demonstrates. In eleven compact chapters, scholars from a variety of disciplines trace the idea’s evolution in German-speaking Europe, from its foundations in the early nineteenth century to its manifold articulations and reimaginings in the twentieth century and beyond, providing an uncommonly broad perspective on a distinctly modern cultural form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Contributors are deft in negotiating and teasing out how aspects of the Gesamtkunstwerk shaped the German cultural landscape and at the same time mirrored the changing nature of politics and consumerism. This collection will prove to be an invaluable resource for historians interested in all aspects of German culture.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Tables\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eForeword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCelia Applegate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMargaret Eleanor Menninger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: FOUNDATIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Play’s the Thing: Schiller, Wagner, and Gesamtkunstwerk\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNicholas Vazsonyi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e From the Gesamtkunstwerk to the Music Drama\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSanna Pederson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Richard Wagner, \u003cem\u003eParsifal\u003c\/em\u003e, and the Pursuit of Gesamtkunstwerk\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnthony J. Steinhoff\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: ARTICULATIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Epic Gesamtkunstwerk\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJoy H. Calico\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Gesamtkunstwerk, Gestaltung, and the Bauhaus Stage\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMelissa Trimingham\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Exposing the Political Gesamtkunstwerk: Hanns Eisler’s \u003cem\u003eNuit et Brouillard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tAmy Lynn Wlodarski\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Reconciling the “Three Graceful Hellenic Sisters”: Wagner, Dance, and “Song-Ballets”, Set to Richard Strauss’s \u003cem\u003eVier letzte Lieder\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWayne Heisler, Jr.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: INSPIRATIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e The “Translucent (Not: Transparent)” \u003cem\u003eGesamtglaswerk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJenny Anger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Quiet Audience, Roaring Crowd: The Aesthetics of Sound and the Traces of Bayreuth in \u003cem\u003eKuhle Wampe\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTriumph of the Will\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTheodore F. Rippey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Will to Heal: Gesamtkunstwerk and Memorial Music since 1945\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJulia Goodwin and Margaret Eleanor Menninger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Consuming Voices: Musical Film and the Gesamtkunstwerk of Mass Culture\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDavid Imhoof\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gesamtkunstwerk as Epistemic Space\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKevin S. Amidon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042374484311,"sku":"9781785331848","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785331848.jpg?v=1750953992","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-total-work-of-art-foundations-articulations-inspirations-9781785331848","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}