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Alcohol as the Veinnese Vehicle for Denial and Disillusionment

Alcohol as the Veinnese Vehicle for Denial and Disillusionment

Alcohol as the Veinnese Vehicle for Denial and Disillusionment: An Analysis of “Drink My Darling” and “King Champagne the First” from Johann Strauss’s Dei Fledermaus   By Sara Hartley Llewellyn (nee. Frister) December 1998               In Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss confronts political disillusionment with unmistakable Viennese escapist humor.  Ever since its opening in Vienna [...]