{"product_id":"beyond-reason-by-karol-berger-9780520409255","title":"Beyond Reason","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond Reason\u003c\/em\u003e relates Wagner's works to the philosophical and cultural ideas of his time, centring on the four music dramas he created in the second half of his career: \u003cem\u003eDer Ring des Nibelungen\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTristan und Isolde\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eParsifal\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKarol Berger seeks to penetrate the \"secret\" of large-scale form in Wagner's music dramas and to answer those critics, most prominently Nietzsche, who condemned Wagner for his putative inability to weld small expressive gestures into larger wholes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOrganised by individual opera, this is essential reading for both musicologists and Wagner experts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460251435244,"sku":"9780520409255","price":85.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520409255-beyond-reason.jpg?v=1774947037","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/beyond-reason-by-karol-berger-9780520409255","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}