Classically Romantic

by Jeffrey L. Buller

What did Richard Wagner know about ancient Greece? More importantly, what did he think he knew? How did his attitudes shape the Ring cycle? Classically Romantic explores how Wagner's ideas about the past were shaped, not by the classical world itself, but by the Romantic Age's select view of antiquity.

221 pages, Paperback

Published April 4, 2001

About the author

"Jeffrey L. Buller grew up in Wisconsin and has since turned a lifelong passion for ideas, stories, and the stage into a distinguished international career. He has served in academic and administrative roles at Loras College, Georgia Southern University, Mary Baldwin College, and Florida Atlantic University, earning a reputation for bringing both rigor and wit to the art of leadership. A classicist by training and a scholar of Wagnerian music drama by avocation, he has lectured and led workshops around the world, including serving as the English-language lecturer for the International Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Germany. He is also the author of numerous works of fiction, poetry, and essays that explore art, travel, and the search for meaning, including the novels The Archaic Smile and Bird Without Wings and poetry collections Pampelmousse and Sobremesa." "This biography was provided by the author or their representative."