Hugo Von Hofmannsthal Studies in Comparison

Alexander Stillmark

ISBN 10: 1572412240 / ISBN 13: 9781572412248

Published by Ariadne Press, 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hugo Von Hofmannsthal Studies in Comparison
• Publisher: Ariadne Press
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572412240
• ISBN 13: 9781572412248
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 13.97W x 1.12H x 21.59D centimeters 13.97 centimeters width by 1.12 centimeters height by 21.59 centimeters depth
• Weight: 327 grams

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Synopsis

Studies by notable literary critic and translator Alexander Stillmark comparing Hofmannsthal's best works with Novalis, Yeats, Chekhov, and Oscar Wilde. The book takes up Hofmannsthal's views of German romanticism, lyrical dram, and how these various discussed texts ushered in the age of modern literature.

About the Author

Alexander Stillmark, who graduated in Modern Languages at Jesus College Cambridge, is Emeritus Reader in German at University College London. A comparative literary scholar and a leading specialist in Austrian Studies, he has published widely on nineteenth and twentieth century topics. His translations both from and into German include: Georg Trakl: Poems and Prose (London, 2001, Evanston Illinois, 2005); GEDICHTE IN PROSA, von der Romantik bis zur Moderne (Frankfurt am Main, 2013); Hugo von Hofmannsthal, An Impossible Man (Cambridge, 2016); Adalbert Stifter, Tales of Old Vienna and Other Prose (Riverside, California, 2016); and HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL, THE INCORRUPTIBLE SERVANT (Modern Humanitites Research Association, 2021). He has three times been awarded a translation prize by the Federal Chancellor's Bureau, Austria.