Minna Wagner

This biography of Minna Planer, Richard Wagner's wife of 30 years, reveals her as an artist who was vital to her husband's creative life.

IllustrationsAbbreviationsNotes on this translationIntroduction: "He could not breathe without her"Chapter 1. "I have become her despot": From Love to MarriageChapter 2. "Deprived of incipient motherhood": Riga, London, Paris, 1836-1842Chapter 3. "Home for me is you alone": Dresden 1842-1847Chapter 4. "My knucklehead of a husband": Revolution and Its Aftermath, 1848-1850Chapter 5. "This ridiculous, amorous intrigue": The Jessie Laussot Affair, 1850-1851Chapter 6. "That good, foolish man...": Exile in Zurich, 1852-1854Chapter 7. "I'm a poor, stupid woman to have let you go...": Zurich and London, 1854-1856Chapter 8. "Alas, now all our happiness is gone...": The Wesendonck Scandal, 1857-1858Chapter 9. The Bitter End: 1858-1859Chapter 10. "In love and fidelity, your Emma": Emma HerweghChapter 11. "...neither wife, housekeeper, nor friend": Dresden, Paris, Biebrich, 1860-1862Chapter 12. "That weak, blind man...": The end of a marriage, 1863-1866ReferencesIndex