Peter Lang AG

Contents: The Worldwide Triumph of Harry Potter - The Narrative Structure of Harry Potter - Narrative Space - Characters - The Ideology of Harry Potter - Harry Potter in the Context of Fantasy Literature - Harry Potter in Context of Children's and Young Adult Literature.

Contents: The Concept of the Message in Music - Public and private Messages in Music - Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung - Wagner's Idea of a Religion of Art - The Symphony of a Thousand - Basics of Program Music - 19th-Century Composer types - Music and Poetry - Berlioz' Concept of the "Instrumental Drama" - Liszt's Concept of the "Musical Epic" - Richard Strauss - Secret Program Music - On Gustav Mahler's Wirkungsgeschichte - Music Must Become Language: On Hans Werner Henze - The Presence of All Eras: Messages through the Ages.