This volume, which takes its title from an international conference held at the University of Cambridge in November 2006, aims to shed new light on Schnitzler's oeuvre and his period by focusing on his as yet largely unpublished literary remains, his 'hidden manuscripts'. Among the key topics covered in this collection are: the reconstruction of the adventurous rescue of the manuscripts from Vienna in 1938 and a description of their current locations; an overview of the author's life, in its historical context, on the basis of such private documents as his diaries and letters; the plethora of existing variants, both published and unpublished, and their usefulness for our understanding of Schnitzler's work, from the Anatol cycle to the 'scandalous' Reigen - in the light of the discovery of its original manuscript - and Schnitzler's planned (but never completed) work on the historical figure of Emperor Joseph II; Schnitzler's difficult relationship with one of the most influential journalists of his time, Karl Kraus, and his literary friendship with a close but hitherto neglected contemporary, Gustav Schwarzkopf; the network of intertextual references 'hidden' in the revolutionary monologue novella Lieutenant Gustl against the background of Hermann Bahr's modernist theory of literature; and finally, Schnitzler's 'hidden legacy' in our own epoch. This book contains contributions in both English and German.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Verlag Peter Lang
ISBN-13
9783039115440
eBay Product ID (ePID)
115979942
Product Key Features
Book Title
Schnitzler's Hidden Manuscripts
Author
Lorenzo Bellettini, Peter Hutchinson
Format
Paperback
Language
English, German
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Ancient Literature
Number of Pages
202 Pages
Dimensions
Volume
51
Item Weight
330g
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Britische und Irische Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur / British and Irish Studies in German Language and Literature