The Lord Chandos letter and other writings / Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; selected and translated from th...
The Lord Chandos letter and other writings / Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; selected and translated from th...
The Lord Chandos letter and other writings / Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; selected and translated from the German by Joel Rotenberg ; introduction by John Banville.
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Publisher
New York : New York Review Books, c2005.
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N833.912/30
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English
German
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Physical content
xiii, 128 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents
A note on the selection -- Cavalry story -- Dream death -- Tale of the 672nd night -- The golden apple -- The rose and the desk -- Tale of the veiled woman -- The village in the mountains -- Reflection -- Twilight and storm after dark -- An incident in the life of Marshall de Bassompierre -- Militar...
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Publisher
New York : New York Review Books, c2005.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2005.
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Summary
"The most influential of all of Hofmannsthal's writings is the title story, a fictional letter to the English philosopher Francis Bacon in which Lord Chandos explains why he is no longer able to write. The "Letter" not only symbolized Hofmannsthal's own turn away from poetry, it captured the psychological crisis of faith and language which was to d...
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The Lord Chandos letter and other writings / Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; selected and translated from the German by Joel Rotenberg ; introduction by John Banville.
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New York Review Books classics.
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N833.912/30
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74VKqKEA3QBA
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ISBN
1590171209 (alk. paper)
9781590171202 (alk. paper)
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833.912
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991020213509702626
