The Redeemer Reborn: Parsifal as the fifth opera of Wagner's ring

The book is rich with textual analysis of the libretti and evidence of Wagner's thought process.

CONTENIDO

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The journey begins

1. Die Sieger: The Forerunner of Parsifal
- Schopenhauer and Buddhism
- Wagner, Schopenhauer, and Buddhism

2. The Ring and Parsifal as One Work
- Alberich-Klingsor
- Wotan-Amfortas
- Brünnhilde-Kundry
- Siegfried-Parsifal

3. Tragedy as Mysticism

4. Wagner and the Grail
- The Fisher King
- The Tavatimsa Heaven
- The World of the Grail
- The Christianization of the Grail
- The Bloodline of the Grail

5. Parzival
- Parzival and Wagner
- Lohengrin

6. The Separation and Reunion of the Spear and Grail
- Wagner's Sources for the Ring
- The Sins of the Fathers
- Siegfried
- Parsifal
- The Final Redemption

Epilogue
Bibliography
Index