The German Molière Revival and the Comedies of Hugo Von Hofmannsthal and Carl Sternheim

• Author(s): Dugald S. Sturges,
• Publisher: P. Lang
• Pages: 209
• ISBN_10: 3631457987
  ISBN_13: 9783631457986
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Drama / European / General , Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / European / French , Literary Criticism / European / German , Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory , Literary Criticism / Drama , Literary Criticism / Renaissance , Performing Arts / Theater / General , Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism ,

Description:... Although they have yet to be treated together in a comparative study, Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Carl Sternheim had a number of points of convergence in their respective searches for a modern form for the serious comedy. This study documents the collegial relationship between the two authors - in part with previously unpublished archival material -, analyses their respective treatments of Molière's comedies and places this in the context of Molière's reception in the German-speaking countries since the 17th century. What emerges is a new view of the comedies of Hofmannsthal and Sternheim, which sees both dramatists applying the same technique of countermodelling Molière's constellations of comedic figures - a modern critical re-appraisal of the traditional comedic type character.