He is also considered a master of german lyric poetry. The theme of the repressed memory in hofmannsthals elektra. The decision of lord chandos to renounce all further writing, because of the inadequacy of language to express his total view of the world, represents hofmannsthal s personal language crisis or language scepticism. The whole difference, which includes new translations as well as. Bangerter and from the materialien to hofmannsthal s ein brief and reitergeschichte, published by klett. Remote work advice from the largest allremote company.
It is based on several medieval mystery plays, including the late 15thcentury english morality play everyman. Besuch des akademischen gymnasiums in wien bis 1892. All of hofmannsthals prose poems are from his posthumous work, i. He made his reputation with his lyrical poems and plays and became internationally famous for his collaboration with the german operatic composer richard strauss the only child of a bank director, hofmannsthal studied law at vienna. Mcclatchy princeton university press, 2008 ps primary source a primary source is a work that is being studied, or that provides firsthand or direct evidence on a topic.
Vienna 1900 spring semester, 1997 at pomona college. Karl kraus, whose literary, political, and social german literature. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Library locations billy rose theatre division shelf locator. Hofmannsthal studied law and philology in vienna and began publishing in the 1890s. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Engage your students during remote learning with video readalouds. This essay was more than the revelation of a personal predicament. The house where hofmannsthal was born, at salesianergasse. From 1920, it has been performed regularly at the salzburg festival. This page was last edited on 29 january 2020, at 03. He was a major austrian poet, dramatist and essayist on the threshold from the 19th to the 20th century.
He gained early literary fame with his poetry and lyrical plays, partially. The decision of lord chandos to renounce all further writing, because of the inadequacy of language to express his total view of the world, represents hofmannsthals personal language crisis or language scepticism. During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, there was considerable. Promo dello spettacolo elettra, regia di giuliano scarpinato, compagnia wanderlust teatro. He gained early literary fame with his poetry and lyrical plays, partially published under the pseudonym of loris. This page was developed as a final project in barbara schoenbergs seminar virgins, vamps and veneer. Hofmannsthal began to publish poetry as a 16 year old student still in the gymnasium under the pseudonym loris. It was first performed on 1 december 1911 in berlin, directed by max reinhardt at the circus schumann. Elektra, based on sophocles classic drama, and four years after. With these first poems and his dramatic studies gestern yesterday, published also under a pseudonym, theophil morren, he established his early literary fame. The first great prose poems to appear in german literature were novalis hymns to the night of 1800 english. Rudolf hirsch and ingeborg schnack gesammelte werke, 1979 10 vols. He was important as a lyric poet, a playwright, and an essayist, but also as a librettist and a. Hofmannsthal admired pater as a great critic, experimented with paters critical method, but took exception to what he felt was too subjective a stance.
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