This book treats the renowned Austrian author and artist -- as thinker, by tracing the basic ideas in his novels and dramas; as artist, by tracing the genesis of characteristic works until the final satisfying version, a process that could take up to twenty years to complete. Schnitzler was above all a perfectionist. Schnitzler's creative work is largely an expression of his yearning for life and his preoccupation with death. At his best he is not a cheerful poet. Death ever lurks behind the merry words and the lighthearted ...
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This book treats the renowned Austrian author and artist -- as thinker, by tracing the basic ideas in his novels and dramas; as artist, by tracing the genesis of characteristic works until the final satisfying version, a process that could take up to twenty years to complete. Schnitzler was above all a perfectionist. Schnitzler's creative work is largely an expression of his yearning for life and his preoccupation with death. At his best he is not a cheerful poet. Death ever lurks behind the merry words and the lighthearted love affairs of his characters. Repeatedly this "diagnostician of his time" reminds us that all acts and relations, all eternal vows and farflung ambitions are but transitory. It is this conscious-ness of death's omnipresence which often lends to Schnitzler's works the unique melancholy and particular pathos associated with his name. Schnitzler is regarded today not only as the outstanding author of his generation in Austria, but also as a writer who belongs to world literature.
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Near Fine. First edition, 1932, hardcover with red cloth boards, octavo, 275pp., frontispiece in b&w, otherwise not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of wear to spine ends, binding tight, previous owner's marks to front flyleaf, otherwise text clean and unmarked, but mildly foxed at edges. No DJ.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Very Good. Size: 5x0x8; 196 p., immaculate and unmarked; binding firm; photographic paper wrapper clean; no discernible shelf wear; insightful biography of the brilliant Austrian writer so hated by Hitler.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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First edition (NAP). Hardcover, near fine in a very good DJ. SIGNED & inscribed by author. Probably from a private library; only markings are numbers and author's name on spine and area on front p. D ep where it appears a bookplate was removed. Spine portion of DJ faded, with a tape repair on top edge. Book has 8 or 9 small tan spots on side edge of textblock, tape mark on last free e. P., o/w tight, clean, crisp, unmarked and probably never read. Per the DJ. "The first English book on Vienna's leading literary figure" by a personal friend.
