{"product_id":"the-whole-difference-hugo-von-hofmannsthal-9780691129099","title":"The Whole Difference: Selected Writings of Hugo Von Hofmannsthal","description":"\u003cp\u003eHugo von Hofmannsthal is one of the modern era's most important writers, but his fame as Richard Strauss's pioneering collaborator on such operas as \u003ci\u003eDer Rosenkavalier\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDie Frau ohne Schatten\u003c\/i\u003e has obscured his other remarkable writings: his precocious lyric poetry, inventive short fiction, keen essays, and visionary plays. \u003ci\u003eThe Whole Difference\u003c\/i\u003e, which includes new translations as well as classic ones long out of print, is a fresh introduction to the enormous range of this extraordinary artist, and the most comprehensive collection of Hofmannsthal's writings in English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Selected and edited by the poet and librettist J. D. McClatchy, this collection includes early lyric poems; short prose works, including \"The Tale of Night Six Hundred and Seventy-Two,\" \"A Tale of the Cavalry,\" and the famous \"Letter of Lord Chandos\"; two full-length plays, \u003ci\u003eThe Difficult Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tower\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as the first act of \u003ci\u003eThe Cavalier of the Rose\u003c\/i\u003e. From the glittering salons of imperial Vienna to the bloodied ruins of Europe after the Great War, the landscape of Hofmannsthal's world stretches across the extremes of experience. This collection reflects those extremes, including both the sparkling social comedy of \"the difficult man\" Hans Karl, so sensitive that he cannot choose between the two women he loves, and the haunting fictional letter to Francis Bacon in which Lord Chandos explains why he can no longer write. Complete with an introduction by McClatchy, this collection reveals an artist whose unusual subtlety and depth will enthrall readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugo Von Hofmannsthal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691129096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691129099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/06\/2009 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/12\/2009 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/08\/2010 pg. 84","brand":"Hugo Von Hofmannsthal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43925610397951,"sku":"9780691129099","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_615cbb9a-db66-4e1d-8680-836cda7532a1.jpg?v=1681078294","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-whole-difference-hugo-von-hofmannsthal-9780691129099","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}