Spencer is editor of the journal of the English Wagner Society and co-author with B. Millington of Selected Letters of Richard Wagner

'Wagner-lovers may find the third Part the more fascinating, but all three parts are likely to interest readers of this journal. The writing is dense and scholarly. Through his analysis Borchmeyer impressively unravels the psychological mythic and political strands of Wagner's thinking.'British Journal of Aesthetics

• I. The Artist and his Public; II. Opera - Spoken Theatre - Musical Drama; III. Wagner's Dramatic Poetry

Spencer is editor of the journal of the English Wagner Society and co-author with B. Millington of Selected Letters of Richard Wagner

'Wagner-lovers may find the third Part the more fascinating, but all three parts are likely to interest readers of this journal. The writing is dense and scholarly. Through his analysis Borchmeyer impressively unravels the psychological mythic and political strands of Wagner's thinking.'British Journal of Aesthetics

• I. The Artist and his Public; II. Opera - Spoken Theatre - Musical Drama; III. Wagner's Dramatic Poetry

Spencer is editor of the journal of the English Wagner Society and co-author with B. Millington of Selected Letters of Richard Wagner

'Wagner-lovers may find the third Part the more fascinating, but all three parts are likely to interest readers of this journal. The writing is dense and scholarly. Through his analysis Borchmeyer impressively unravels the psychological mythic and political strands of Wagner's thinking.'British Journal of Aesthetics

• I. The Artist and his Public; II. Opera - Spoken Theatre - Musical Drama; III. Wagner's Dramatic Poetry