Imagined Germany Richard Wagner's National Utopia, Second Edition

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2020
• Subjects: c 1500 onwards to present day; History and Archaeology; Literary theory; Music; Social and cultural history; Edition; Germanness; Germany; Imagined; National; nationalistic thinking; Richard; Salmi; Second; unification; Utopia; Wagner's
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• ISBN: 9781433169403; 9781433173660; 9781433173844; 9781433177385; b16835
• Access: Open Access

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) has often been regarded as a symbol of "Germanness." Despite this view, few studies have been undertaken regarding his nationalistic thinking. Imagined Germany focuses on Wagner's idea of Deutschtum, especially during the unification of Germany, 1864-1871. Salmi discusses how Wagner defined Germanness, what stereotypes, ideas, and sentiments he attached to it, and what kind of state could realize Wagner's national ideals.