TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dugald Sturges
PY  - 2021
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 0938-2704
TI  - The German Molière Revival and the Comedies of Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Carl Sternheim
T2  - Foreword by D.A. Joyce
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1081343
N2  - 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 This study documents the collegial relationship between the two authors - in part with previously unpublished archival material -, analyses their respective treatments of Molière's comedies and places this in the context of Molière's reception in the German-speaking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.
LA  - English
ER  -