NMLP P-036213 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09

The Perfect Wagnerite

George Bernard Shaw · Grant Richards (London) · 1898

Shaw wrote the commentary as a guide for admirers of Wagner's Ring cycle who found the mythological plot difficult to follow, treating the operas' political and economic allegory directly rather than focusing on the music

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-036213 for "The Perfect Wagnerite" by George Bernard Shaw (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036213, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).