Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal, and the Austrian theatre /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Yates, W. E.
Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, 1992.
Description:xvii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1448401
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:0300057423
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Fin-de-siecle Vienna: Irrationalism and Renaissance. 'Jung Wien' and the Cafe Griensteidl. Irrationalism. Renaissance. 'Naturalist' and 'Neo-Romantic'
  • Ch. 2. Biography in Letters and Diaries. Documentation. Arthur Schnitzler. Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The Autobiographical Impulse
  • Ch. 3. The Theatre. The World as a Stage: Theatre in Vienna. Anti-Semitism and the Press. Ends and Means: Professor Bernhardi. Critical Reception: Diagnosis Without Therapy. Hofmannsthal and Theatrical Comedy
  • Ch. 4. Eros. Double Standards and the 'Woman Question'. Schnitzler's Dramatization of Dalliance: Anatol, Liebelei, and Reigen. Hofmannsthal's Elektra. The Parting of the Ways (1910-11): Der Rosenkavalier and Das weite Land
  • Ch. 5. The End of the Monarchy. World War. The Birth of the Republic
  • Ch. 6. Cultural Conservatism in the Theatre. Hofmannsthal's Return to Drama: Der Schwierige. Der Unbestechliche. The Salzburg Festival: Intention and Reality
  • Ch. 7. Post mortem. Friends and Critics. Obituaries. Epilogue: The View from the Belvedere.