Prologue : thinking through opera with Wagner and Strauss
Opera : two or three things I know about her
Contesting Wagner : the Lohengrin prelude and anti-anti-semitism
The waters of Prometheus : nationalism and sexuality in Wagner's Ring
Enchantment and modernity : Wagner the symptom
Modernity's cutting edge : the Salome complex
Video as Jugendstil : Salome, visuality, and performance
Fin-de-siècle fantasies : Elektra and the culture of supremacism
Epilogue : voice and its beyonds.
Opera and modern culture : Wagner and Strauss by Lawrence Kramer. ISBN 0520241738. Published by University of California Press in 2004. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.