Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Notes on this Translation
- Introduction: “He could not breathe without her”
- 1 “I have become her despot”: From Love to Marriage
- 2 “Deprived of incipient motherhood”: Riga, London, Paris, 1836–42
- 3 “Home for me is you alone”: Dresden 1842–47
- 4 “My knucklehead of a husband”: Revolution and Its Aftermath, 1848–50
- 5 “This ridiculous, amorous intrigue”: The Jessie Laussot Affair, 1850–51
- 6 “That good, foolish man …”: Exile in Zurich, 1852–54
- 7 “I’m a poor, stupid woman to have let you go …”: Zurich and London, 1854–56
- 8 “Alas, now all our happiness is gone …”: The Wesendonck Scandal, 1857–58
- 9 The Bitter End, 1858–59
- 10 “In love and fidelity, your Emma”: Emma Herwegh
- 11 “Neither wife, housekeeper, nor friend”: Dresden, Paris, Biebrich, 1860–62
- 12 “That weak, blind man …”: The End of a Marriage, 1863–66
- References
- Index
- Eastman Studies in Music
Notes on this Translation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 January 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Notes on this Translation
- Introduction: “He could not breathe without her”
- 1 “I have become her despot”: From Love to Marriage
- 2 “Deprived of incipient motherhood”: Riga, London, Paris, 1836–42
- 3 “Home for me is you alone”: Dresden 1842–47
- 4 “My knucklehead of a husband”: Revolution and Its Aftermath, 1848–50
- 5 “This ridiculous, amorous intrigue”: The Jessie Laussot Affair, 1850–51
- 6 “That good, foolish man …”: Exile in Zurich, 1852–54
- 7 “I’m a poor, stupid woman to have let you go …”: Zurich and London, 1854–56
- 8 “Alas, now all our happiness is gone …”: The Wesendonck Scandal, 1857–58
- 9 The Bitter End, 1858–59
- 10 “In love and fidelity, your Emma”: Emma Herwegh
- 11 “Neither wife, housekeeper, nor friend”: Dresden, Paris, Biebrich, 1860–62
- 12 “That weak, blind man …”: The End of a Marriage, 1863–66
- References
- Index
- Eastman Studies in Music
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- Minna WagnerA Life, with Richard Wagner, pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2022