Hugo Von Hofmannsthal Studies in Comparison
Published on 23. April 2024
Book
Hardback
164 pages
978-1-57241-224-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57241-224-8 (9781572412248)
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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.