Download or read book Death-Devoted Heart written by Roger Scruton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-22 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this text, Roger Scruton argues that 'Tristan and Isolde' has profound religious meaning, as relevant today as it was to Wagner's contemporaries. Both philosophical and musicological his analysis touches on the nature of tragedy, the significance of ritual sacrifice and the meaning of redemption.