Aesthetic dilemmas

• Verfasst von: Burks, Marlo A. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Aesthetic dilemmas
• Titelzusatz: encounters with art in Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s literary modernism
• Verf.angabe: Marlo Alexandra Burks
• Verlagsort: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago
• Verlag: McGill-Queen’s University Press
• E-Jahr: 2023
• Jahr: [2023]
• Umfang: xiv, 282 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 23 cm
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-2280-1665-6
• Schlagwörter: (p)Hofmannsthal, Hugo von
• Sprache: eng
• (Sekundärform): Issued also in electronic format
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Burks, Marlo A., 1986-: Aesthetic dilemmas. - Montreal : McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2023
• Sach-SW: Art in literature
• Sach-SW: Criticism, interpretation, etc
• K10plus-PPN: 1852606029

Abstract

"Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929) is frequently portrayed in cultural histories as an aloof writer with a precious style, out of step with modern sensibilities. In Aesthetic Dilemmas Marlo Burks reassesses Hofmannsthal’s oeuvre and its place in twentieth-century European modernist aesthetics. Through an examination of a diverse range of Hofmannsthal’s ekphrastic writings – including poetry, essays, opera libretti, fiction, and letters – Burks argues that Hofmannsthal’s work aims to engage the consciousness and sensibility of readers, listeners, and viewers by way of dynamic encounters with works of art. Aesthetic Dilemmas thereby corrects a long-standing, flawed characterization of Hofmannsthal’s work as escapist and demonstrates how his place in the Modernist movement has been misunderstood in most scholarship. The book is in dialogue with a broad range of critical voices and treats a variety of themes, from aestheticism to money, interpersonal relationships, suffering, poverty, labour, futurity, legacy, and hope. Translating numerous passages into English for the first time, Aesthetic Dilemmas gives English-speaking readers the chance to evaluate Hofmannsthal’s literary merit and his contributions to the enduring conversation about art’s relation to ethics."--