Hermann Broch (1886-1951) is remembered among English-speaking readers for his novels "The Sleepwalkers" and "The Death of Virgil," and among German-speaking readers for his novels as well as his works on moral and political philosophy, his aesthetic theory, and his varied criticism. This study reve[...]
Hugo von Hofmannsthal is one of the modern era's important writers, but his fame as Richard Strauss' collaborator on such operas as "Der Rosenkavalier" and "Die Frau ohne Schatten" has obscured his other remarkable writings. This title is an introduction to the enormous range of this artist. It is a[...]
Hugo von Hoffmannsthal made his mark as a poet, as a playwright, and as the librettist for Richard Strauss's greatest operas, but he was no less accomplished as a writer of short, strangely evocative prose works. The atmospheric stories and sketches collected here-fin-de-siecle fairy tales from the [...]
Gedichte. Gestalten. Prologe und Trauerreden Idylle. Gestern. Der Tod des Tizian. Der Tor und der Tod Die Frau im Fenster. Die Hochzeit der Sobeide. Das Kleine Welttheater. Der weiße Fächer. Der Kaiser und die Hexe Der Abenteurer und die Sängerin[...]
Nach Chronologie und Zusammenhang reihen sich in diesem Band bedeutungsvolle Prosaeingebungen und -gebilde Hofmannsthals, die als erzählerisch gelten können. Hugo von Hofmannsthal hat sich nicht als einen "Romanschriftsteller" angesehen; auf sublime Art ist er ein Erzähler. Sein Werk schwebt ü[...]