Title Literature in Vienna at the turn of the centuries : continuities and discontinuities around 1900 and 2000 / edited by Ernst Grabovszki and James Hardin

Published Rochester, NY : Camden House, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) : illustrations Series Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture Contents Introduction, Notes on literature in Vienna at the turn of the centuries / Ernst Grabovszki -- Written city : Vienna 1900 and 2000 / Janet Stewart -- Notes from the counter-world : poetry in Vienna from Hugo von Hofmannsthal to Ernst Jandl / Rüdiger Görner -- Austrian women and the public : women's writing at the turn of the centuries / Dagmar C.G. Lorenz -- Dreams of interpretation : psychoanalysis and the literature of Vienna / Thomas Paul Bonfiglio -- Venice as mediator between province and Viennese metropolis : themes in Rilke, Hofmannsthal, Gerhard Roth, and Kolleritsch / John Pizer -- Critical observers of their times : Karl Kraus and Robert Menasse -- Geoffrey C. Howes -- Art and architecture 1900 and 2000 / Douglas Crow -- Literature and Austrian cinema culture at the turn of the centuries / Willy Riemer -- "Wien bleibt Wien" : Austrian-Jewish culture at two fins de siècle / Hillary Hope Herzog and Todd Herzog Summary This book of new essays by widely-published scholars from the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and Austria examines the artistic, social, political, and historical continuities and discontinuities in Viennese literature during the periods around 1900 and 2000. It takes its impetus from the idea that both turns of the century are turning points in the development of Austrian literature and history. The essays show that in both periods literature not only reflects societal conditions and political issues, but also serves to criticize them. Ernst Grabovszki's introduction sets the context of literature in Vienna in 1900 and 2000, and is followed by essays exploring the following topics bearing on the city's literature across the two periods: writing about Vienna (Janet Stewart); art and architecture (Douglas Crow); psychoanalysis and the literature of Vienna (Thomas Paul Bonfiglio); poetry in Vienna from Hofmannsthal to Jandl (Rüdiger Görner); Austrian cinema culture (Willy Riemer); Austrian-Jewish culture (Hillary Hope Herzog and Todd Herzog); Austrian women's writing (Dagmar C.G. Lorenz); Karl Kraus and Robert Menasse as critical observers of their times (Geoffrey C. Howes); and Venice as mediator between the Viennese metropolis and the provinces (John Pizer). The figures treated range from Arthur Schnitzler, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Sigmund Freud, Theodor Herzl, Karl Kraus, Peter Altenberg, Franz Grillparzer, Joseph Roth, Bertha von Suttner, and Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach in the earlier fin de siècle to Elfriede Jelinek, Robert Schindel, Robert Menasse, Josef Haslinger, Ernst Jandl, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and Marlene Streeruwitz in the current period. Ernst Grabovszki teaches at the University of Vienna. James Hardin is professor emeritus of German at the University of South Carolina Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Austrian literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Austrian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German. Austrian literature Civilization Intellectual life Literarisches Leben Jahrhundertwende Literarische Stätte Letterkunde. Duits. SUBJECT Vienna (Austria) -- Intellectual life Vienna (Austria) -- Civilization Subject Austria -- Vienna Wien Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author Grabovszki, Ernst, 1970- Hardin, James N. LC no. 2002010591 ISBN 9781571136077 157113607X

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