This book focuses on Hugo von Hofmannsthal's intense, lifelong
concentration upon a single cohesive set of poetic, philosophical
and ethical concerns, a quality of his work which has been
neglected in the bulk of existing scholarship. Professor Bennett
examines Hofmannsthal's work in the context of literary theory and
the history of philosophy, referring especially to Nietzsche,
German Idealism and the poetics of German Classicism. He identifies
three principal areas of concern to Hofmannsthal: the theory of
genre, the question of the role of literature in society and the
search for a fruitful response to the problem of the historical
development of culture. The argument proceeds by way of detailed
interpretation of texts, including Der Tor und der Tod, the Chandos
letter, Ariadne auf Naxos, Der Schwierige, Das Salzburger Grosse
Welttheater and Der Turm.
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