Souveran und Martyrer: Hugo von Hofmannsthals spate Trauerspieldichtung vor dem Hintergrund seiner politischen und asthetischen Reflexionen.(Book review)

From: The Modern Language Review | Date: July 1, 2006| Author: Robertson, Ritchie | Copyright information

Souveran und Martyrer: Hugo von Hofmannsthals spate Trauerspieldichtung vor dem Hintergrund seiner politischen und asthetischen Reflexionen. By Ute Nicolaus. (Epistemata: Reihe Literaturwissenschaft, 506) Wurzburg: Konigshausen & Neumann. 2004. 282 pp. ISBN 3-8260-2789-2.

Hofmannsthal's tragedy Der Turm may have few admirers. Yet it was the central creative project of his last decade, existing in two versions (1924 and 1926), and, as Ute Nicolaus shows, its themes go bac...

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