Sudhir Jain, "Isolde's Dream" (2007)
Jain Sadhir's "Isolde's Dream" tells the story of the love affair between the – married – composer Richard Wagner and Mathilde Wesendonck, herself a poet and author, as well as the wife of Wagner's Zurich patron Otto Wesendonck. The story is told from Mathilde's perspective.
Figures & Themes
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Mathilde Wesendonck |
Villa Wesendonck ('Green Hill') |
Richard Wagner |
Excerpt I: Planning the Villa Wesendonck (p. 184-185)
Excerpt II: The Look of a Revolutionary (p. 185-186)
Before meeting Richard Wagner, the Wesendoncks are told that "he was a member of the group that had tried to overthrow the king of Saxony and was now sheltering in Zurich" (185):
