Imagined Germany

Hannu Salmi is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Turku in Finland. He has published numerous articles on the history of music in Finland and Germany, but is also known as a historian of film and popular culture.

• Acknowledgments – Introduction – Wagner’s Concept of the German Past – The Home of the German Spirit – The Gesamtkunstwerk and the Future Germany – Wagner in Munich, 1864–65 – A Political Outcast between Bavaria and Prussia – "I Stir Them Ever to Strife …" – Disappointment with the New Germany – Bayreuth: Towards Immortality – Epilogue: "My Kingdom Is Not of This World" – List of Sources – Index.

"Salmi makes an important contribution to our understanding of one of the most fascinating artistic figures in German politics and culture, particularly his political role."—Michael Meyer, California State University, Northridge