>In 1964 I read Adorno's "Versuch uber Wagner" and found it a totally
>wrongheaded work filled with jealous spite.
That was a long time ago. Ever thought of giving it another try? Maybe you had a bad translation.
>Dennis's summary of
>Adorno, consisting only of stupid
>anachronisms, demonstrates his worthlessness. "scripts fawning on the
>Wilhelmine Empire" indeed--every Wagner libretto was drafted long
>before the very conception of the "Wilhelmine Empire!"
Are you one of those scholar-squirrels Gore Vidal complains about?