{"product_id":"wagner-and-venice-fictionalized-9781580464109","title":"Wagner and Venice Fictionalized","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first account of how Wagner's last years and his death in Venice have been mythologized in novels and other works of the creative imagination.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe vast literature about Richard Wagner and his works includes a surprising number of fictional works, including novels, plays, satires, and an opera. Many of these deal with his last years and his death in Venice in 1883 -- andeven a fabricated eleventh-hour romance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These fictional treatments -- many presented here in English for the first time -- reveal a striking evolution in the way that Wagner's character and reputation have been viewed over more than a century. They offer insights into changing contexts in Western intellectual and cultural history.  And they make clear how much Wagner's associations with Venice have become part of the accumulated mythology of \"thefloating city.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e John Barker's \u003ci\u003eWagner and Venice Fictionalized: Variations on a Theme\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to all lovers of opera, Venice, and European culture generally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e John W. Barker is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializing in medieval (including Venetian) history. He is also a passionate music lover and record collector, and an active music critic and journalist.","brand":"John W. Barker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280297832699,"sku":"9781580464109","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781580464109_0182998d-2052-46a3-a6af-97fe9e34b324.jpg?v=1772485057","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/wagner-and-venice-fictionalized-9781580464109","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}