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“This contribution to the voluminous literature on Wagner amply justifies itself through genuine originality and careful argument, born in close study of the texts and their broader context. In its treatment of the trilogy of theoretical writings at its heart, it makes an excellent case both for their importance and that of the author’s particular interpretation and synthesis.”—Mark Berry, author of Treacherous Bonds and Laughing Fire: Politics and Religion in Wagner’s Ring

“There is no other work with this level of conceptual sophistication that is specifically focused on the theoretical ideas underpinning Wagner’s work, as set out in a trio of important writings from the 1840s and early 1850s. This book will be a landmark in the literature considering Wagner’s philosophical significance.”—Andrew Huddleston, author of Nietzsche on the Decadence and Flourishing of Culture

“Brian O’Connor’s new study of Wagner is a brilliant act of retrieval. Focusing on the neglected philosophical works, it illuminates Wagner’s sophisticated accounts of aesthetic value and revolution, inspired by the promise of 1848. At once probing and sympathetic, the book recovers fascinating dimensions of the creative life of an artistic genius.”—Richard Bourke, University of Cambridge

“Richard Wagner’s philosophical ideas are expressed in his music dramas, but also in several important, but not always well-structured, theoretical works. Brian O’Connor in his new book displays his characteristic erudition, acuity, hermeneutic skill and a scrupulous impartiality in uncovering, expounding and evaluating Wagner’s highly original philosophy, focusing on the prose treatises of the early period. This is the Wagner who is a philosopher of revolution, and O’Connor‘s book is an indispensable key to understanding what is one of the major emancipatory projects of modern culture.”—Raymond Geuss, University of Cambridge