Hugo Von Hofmannsthal and His Time: The European Imagination, 1860-1920

by Hermann Broch

Book Overview

Hermann Broch (1886-1951) is remembered among English-speaking readers for his novels The Sleepwalkers and The Death of Virgil, and among German-speaking readers for his novels as well as his works on moral and political philosophy, his aesthetic theory, and his varied criticism. This study reveals Broch as a major historian as well, one who believes that true historical understanding requires the faculties of both poet and philosopher...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226075168
• ISBN13: 9780226075167
• Release Date: August 1984
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"