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Die Ambivalenz der Melancholie in Hugo von Hofmannsthals Werk
Rombach Wissenschaft,  2020, 591 Pages

ISBN 978-3-96821-640-9


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englischSince ancient times, the melancholy of thinkers, writers and artists has been declared as both a thorn in their side and a source of their creative inspiration. This book reveals that, in his works, Hugo von Hofmannsthal draws on representations and evaluations of this phenomenon, which stem from a historical discourse that lasted over 2500 years. This collection of depictions and appraisals sheds light on the idea of melancholy being both inspirational and destructive in terms of artistic output. This study focuses on groundbreaking texts by Robert Burton, John Milton and Walter Benjamin as well as melancholic protagonists and peripheral characters, who appear in the guise of Hamlet, Pierrot and misanthropes. Melancholy can also be found in pictures and gestures, which Hofmannsthal’s texts, particularly his numerous textual fragments, draw on. Consequently, this study highlights a network of cross-medium and intertextual relations between literature, the fine arts and dance, which convey the ambiguous nature of melancholy.

 

This book was awarded the Gerhart Baumann Prize in 2019.

»Insgesamt zeigt die stilistisch versiert zwischen fast unüberschaubar vielen Diskursen, Themen und Hofmannsthals Gesamtwerk changierende Arbeit eine wichtige Konstante auf, die das Leiden am Sein verdeutlicht und die Suche nach Sinn verstärkt.«
Anna-Katharina Gisbertz, Literaturwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch 1/2022, 426
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