The Woman Without a Shadow

by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

A fairy tale opera and novella written in the age of Freud, The Woman without a Shadow is a strange mixture of late Romantic eroticism and modernist angst, and yet remains more than a mere product of World War I Vienna. In Hofmannsthal's mythic world, two couples-one royal and supernatural, the other mortal-struggle with love, betrayal, infertility, and redemption. A nocturnal and sometimes nightmarish response to Mozart's Magic Flute, Hofmannsthal's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1963319877
• ISBN13: 9781963319873
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Wiseblood Books
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"