Both Uses of
Richard Wagner
in
Mrs. Dalloway
- It was the state of the world that interested him; Wagner, Pope's poetry, people's characters eternally, and the defects of her own soul.†
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- Peter Walsh and Joseph Breitkopf went on about Wagner.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(Richard Wagner) German composer, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his groundbreaking symphonic-operas (1813-1883)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, Wagner can refer to anyone with that reasonably common name.