Arthur Schnitzler and Twentieth-Century Criticism

by Andrew C. Wisely

An analysis of the scholarly criticism of the great Viennese writer up to the year 2000.

Schnitzler, one of the most prolific Austrian writers of the 20th century, ruthlessly dissected his society's erotic posturing and phobias about sex and death. His most penetrating analyses include Lieutenant Gustl, the first stream-of-consciousness novella in German; Reigen, a devastating cycle of one-acts mapping the social limits of a sexual daisy-chain;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571130888
• ISBN13: 9781571130884
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"