Hugo Von Hofmannsthal: The Theaters of Consciousness

by Benjamin Bennett

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521112524
• ISBN13: 9780521112529
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"