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The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring
The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring (1898), by George Bernard Shaw. From the Marxists Internet Archive.
Chapters
- 01Preface to the First German Editionprose
- 02Preface to the Second Editionprose
- 03Preface to the First Editionprose
- 04Preliminary Encouragementsprose
- 05The Rhine Goldprose
- 06First Sceneprose
- 07Second Sceneprose
- 08Third Sceneprose
- 09Fourth Sceneprose
- 10Wagner as Revolutionistprose
- 11The Valkyriesprose
- 12The First Actprose
- 13The Second Actprose
- 14The Third Actprose
- 15Siegfriedprose
- 16The First Act (2)prose
- 17The Second Act (2)prose
- 18The Third Act (2)prose
- 19Back to Opera Againprose
- 20Siegfried as Protestantprose
- 21Panacea Quackery, Otherwise Idealismprose
- 22Dramatic Origin of Wotanprose
- 23The Love Panaceaprose
- 24Not Love, but Lifeprose
- 25Anarchism No Panaceaprose
- 26Siegfried Concludedprose
- 27Prologueprose
- 28The First Act (3)prose
- 29The Second Act (3)prose
- 30A Wagnerian Newspaper Controversyprose
- 31The Third Act (3)prose
- 32Forgotten Ere Finishedprose
- 33Why He Changed His Mindprose
- 34Wagner's Own Explanationprose
- 35The Pessimist as Amoristprose
- 36The Representative Themesprose
- 37The Characterizationprose
- 38The Old and the New Musicprose
- 39The Nineteenth Centuryprose
- 40The Music of the Futureprose
- 41Bayreuthprose
- 42Bayreuth in Englandprose
- 43Wagnerian Singersprose