{"product_id":"hugo-von-hofmannsthal-hugo-von-hofmannsthal-9780814312865","title":"Hugo Von Hofmannsthal: Three Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe translations collected here-Death and the Fool, Electra, and The Tower represent different periods and interests in his career as a dramatist.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince World War II, Hugo von Hofmannsthal has regained his place as a classic of modern European literature. The translations collected here-Death and the Fool, Electra, and The Tower-represent different periods and interests in his career as a dramatist. Yet, as the critical introduction on Hofmannsthal's tragic theater indicates, all three plays, written in different theatrical idioms, reveal a unified and developing conception of man's estate in the modern world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Hofmannsthal rejected the current fashions of the modern stage but was nonetheless a keen observer of his time. His deliberate indebtedness to the great theaters of the past allowed him to enlarge the scope of his own dramaturgy and to use a more articulate language than that afforded by the conventions of the modern realistic theater. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book includes the 1927 theater version of Hofmannsthal's last great work, The Tower, available for the first time in English translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugo Von Hofmannsthal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814312861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814312865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.51d","brand":"Hugo Von Hofmannsthal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059835957503,"sku":"9780814312865","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17158731-8dec-461d-8a4d-188ba7b9eafb.jpg?v=1685060602","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hugo-von-hofmannsthal-hugo-von-hofmannsthal-9780814312865","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}