Total Work of Art From Bayreuth to Cyberspace

Name: Total Work of Art From Bayreuth to Cyberspace
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ISBN: 9780415977968

ISBN-10: 0415977967

ISBN-13: 9780415977968

Edition: 2007

Authors: Matthew Wilson Smith

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With particular attention to the influence of the 'Total Work of Art' on modern theatre and performance, this brief introduction will also be of interest to students in such fields as film studies, music history, history of art, cultural studies, and modern European literatures.

Book details

Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/24/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.25" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Matthew Wilson Smith is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Cornell University. He is the author of The Total Work of Art: From Bayreuth to Cyberspace.



List of illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The total work of art in an age of mechanical reproduction



Total stage: Wagner's Festspielhaus



Total machine: the Bauhaus theatre



Total montage: Brecht's reply to Wagner



Total state: Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will



Total world: Disney's theme parks



Total vacuum: Warhol's performances



Total immersion: cyberspace and the total work of art


Conclusion


Notes


Works cited


Index