Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

List of Illustrations

pp ix-x

List of Music Examples

pp xi-xii

Note on the Text

pp xiii-xiv

Acknowledgements

pp xv-xvi

Abbreviations

pp xvii-xviii

Introduction: Wagner Against the Grain

pp 1-18

PART I - PARIS YEARS, 1839–42

pp 19-20

1 - Through Babel's Arcades: Early Entanglements

pp 21-50

2 - Translating German Opera: Le Freyschütz

pp 51-74

PART II - DRESDEN AND ZURICH, 1842–52

pp 75-76

3 - “… in ein fernes Land”: German Identity Between Paris and Dresden

pp 77-104

4 - Exile, Internationalism and Media After the Revolution

pp 105-134

PART III - PARIS YEARS, 1859–61

pp 135-136

5 - Wagner Without Theatre: Aporias of Translation

pp 137-154

6 - All About Venus: Another Look at the “Paris” Tannhäuser

pp 155-168

Conclusion: Universality at the Crossroads

pp 169-178

Bibliography

pp 179-194

Index

pp 195-201