Alan David Aberbach Livres

This book presents composer Richard Wagner's formative ideas in a systematic and coherent manner and examines their development and evolution as reflected in his prose, poetry, letters, and music-dramas. In addition to incorporating numerous letters previously unavailable, the second edition has been thoroughly reorganized. As Wagner's political and religious ideas conditioned the works and music he wrote, considerable attention is now placed on the development and evolution of his major thoughts, showing how they evolved and became incorporated into his music.

An in-depth examination of Richard Wagner, this text explores his religious, spiritual and mystic thoughts, so as to provide the reader with a better understanding of his prose and artistic works.

Dr. Samuel Latham Mitchill served 3 terms in the New York Assembly and 13 years in Congress during the administrations of Jefferson and Madison where he played a significant role in the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the embargo crisis, and the War of 1812. His widespread activities in medicine, science, literature, education, agriculture, antislavery, and society were each imbued with a romantic underpinning of nationalism. The breadth and depth of Mitchill's conception of what the American nation might become is the major focus of this study.