Ring of Power: The Abandoned Child, the Authoritarian Father, and the Disempowered Feminine : A Jungian Understanding of Wagner's Ring Cycle Review

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Ring of Power: The Abandoned Child, the Authoritarian Father, and the Disempowered Feminine : A Jungian Understanding of Wagner's Ring Cycle ReviewBolen's "Ring of Power" is exactly what it claims to be, a Jungian (psychological) understanding of the Ring cycle. She systematically moves through each of Wagner's 4 operas, first outlining, very briefly, her goals, the opera's respective plot, and finally a character analysis.
This is NOT an in-depth study. Bolen spends very little time on each section, and while her systematic approach allows for relationship comparison and analysis, there is little mention of the context in which these works were written. Her sole concern is with Wagner's treatment of these relationships, though it is curious that she essentially ignores his own philosophical viewpoint which led to his interpretation of these myths.
All that aside, this book is a very simplified read. I literally felt that Bolen was writing down to the audience. This is fine for a brief introduction to this subject matter, but the literary "hand-holding" became very annoying almost immediately.
I'd have to recommend Bryan Magee's "Tristan Chord" over "Ring of Power" in terms of more accurate treatment of the works as well as their informative and contextual analysis. Magee places the massive Ring cycle in context of Wagner's other works (musical and literary), in addition to historical and philosophical trends.Ring of Power: The Abandoned Child, the Authoritarian Father, and the Disempowered Feminine : A Jungian Understanding of Wagner's Ring Cycle Overview

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