Wagnerian Motifs in Frederick Marryat’s Novel The Phantom Ship

Joanna Mstowska

doi:10.56583/frp.3138

Published : 2025-06-30

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Wagnerian Motifs in Frederick Marryat’s Novel The Phantom Ship

Joanna Mstowska

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56583/frp.3138

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The aim of this paper is to perform a comparative analysis of F. Marryat’s novel The Phantom Ship (1839) and R. Wagner’s opera Der fliegende Holländer (1843). The number of similarities between Marryat’s novel and Wagner’s opera is really intriguing. The central theme of both, namely a mysterious contact of the human and the spiritual world, and a constant interpenetration of the two inexplicable and ungraspable realities, contributes to the fact that the discussed works perfectly enrich the original version of the legend of the Flying Dutchman with typically romantic elements. Not only The Phantom Ship, but also Der fliegende Holländer, both taking place in the sphere of supernatural order and exuding a strong emanation of evil, constitute very interesting variations on the well-known legend. The romantic rendition of the motif of the Flying Dutchman intensifies the tragedy of the doomed captain, allowing him to influence the audience’s imagination with an unprecedented force.

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Mstowska, J. (2025). Wagnerian Motifs in Frederick Marryat’s Novel The Phantom Ship. Fides, Ratio Et Patria. Studia Toruńskie, (22), 183–195. https://doi.org/10.56583/frp.3138

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