Throughout his career the Austrian dramatist Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929) turned repeatedly to Greek myth for his material. This book sets out to uncover his reasons for doing so. The results provide not only new insights into his work but a case-study in the reception of the Classics in fin-de-siecle Vienna. Ranging widely over Hofmannsthal's achievements in drama, opera and the dance, this study is the first to provide a solid context for his 'Greek' works, both in the intellectual debates of his time - on such issues as psychoanalysis, feminism and the 'crisis of language' - and in contemporary performance practice.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Verlag Peter Lang
ISBN-13
9783906766447
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95609545
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hofmannsthal and Greek Myth: Expression and Performance
Author
Philip Ward
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
2002
Number of Pages
295 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
150mm
Item Width
220mm
Volume
V. 24
Item Weight
430g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Philip Ward
Issn
0171-6662
Series Title
Britische und Irische Studien zur Deutschen Sprache und Literatur/British and Irish Studies in German Language and Literature