Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 'The Incorruptible Servant' - Softcover

 
9781839541209: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 'The Incorruptible Servant'
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1839541202 ISBN 13: 9781839541209
Verlag: Modern Humanities Research Association, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

This is the first translation into English of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's acclaimed comedy Der Unbestechliche. The Incorruptible Servant is a true comedy of action, a well-constructed, fast moving stage play cast in a traditional mould. The action is controlled by a dominant central figure of a complex make-up, somewhat reminiscent of Tartuffe but closer in portraiture to Dostoevsky's Foma Fomich in The Village of Stepanchikovo. Theodor is cast as the masterful servant in an aristocratic Austrian country estate in the year 1912. He acquires full control of the household and cunningly manipulates his philandering young master and his mistresses in a plot set out to restore order and morality. The comedy shows the mature Hofmannsthal at the height of his achievement as a dramatist.

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Verlag
Modern Humanities Research Association
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1839541202
ISBN 13 
9781839541209
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
116
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