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Biography EssayArthur Schnitzler was born on 15 May 1862 in Vienna, the first child of Johann Schnitzler, a laryngologist, and Louise Markbreiter Schnitzler, a physician's daughter. Johann Schnitzler,...
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The Austrian dramatist and novelist Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) is at his best in one-act plays and novellas that often deal with extreme situations--death, sexual conflicts, and neurotic and even p...
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Arthur Schnitzler was born on 15 May 1862 in Vienna, the first child of Johann Schnitzler, a laryngologist, and Louise Markbreiter Schnitzler, a physician's daughter. Johann Schnitzler, who wrote for ...
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Scarcely any playwright is as closely identified with turn-of-the-century Vienna as is Arthur Schnitzler. Once regarded as a one-sided writer whose perspective was limited to upper-crust Viennese soci...
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In the following essay, Bailey addresses the supposed amorality that other critics found in Schnitzler's works, arguing that Schnitzler rightly puts his art above the “interests of a pru...
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In the following excerpt, Finney uses Schnitzler's ambivalence toward Freudian psychoanalysis as a starting point in addressing the playwright's focus on women and sexuality in La Ronde....
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In the following essay, Roe examines comic elements in Reigen, noting that critical analysis of and audience reaction to the play have historically neglected these elements.
It is now a decade since t...
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In the following essay, Schneider-Halvorson discusses various critical commentary, as well as Schnitzler's use of themes and symbols in the play Im Spiel Der Sommerlüfte.
Background of t...
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In the following essay, Schneider-Halvorson discusses various critical commentary, as well as Schnitzler's use of themes and symbols in the play Der Gang Zum Weiher.
Background of the Play and ...
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In the following essay, Swales explores elements of tragedy and comedy in Liebelei and Zwischenspiel.
Liebelei is the nearest Schnitzler comes to writing tragedy. Here, he explicitly measures the sexu...
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In the following excerpt, Urbach provides critical overviews of Anatol, The Fairy Tale, and Light-O'Love.
Anatol: a Sequence of Dialogues
A superficial man soon finds something profound.
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In the following essay, Hammer examines the American production histories of Anatol and Liebelei to unearth American perceptions of Schnitzler in particular and of European art in general.
The America...
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In the following essay, Walton discusses the production history of Anatol on the New York stage.
The dramas of Arthur Schnitzler were introduced to New York theater audiences in 1897, when Liebelei ma...
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In the following essay, Sullivan explains the ways in which Schnitzler's Der Schleier der Pierrette allowed stage directors to break away from realist conventions and explore abstract and symbo...
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In the following excerpt, Schneider-Halvorson provides a plot overview and critical analyses of Die Schwestern oder Casanova in Spa.
Background of the Play and Statement of Purpose
The drama Die Schwe...
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In the following essay, Hannum locates Reigen within the Austro-Germanic fin de siècle literary trend, focusing on the play's preoccupation with time.
Betrachte die Herde, die an dir vor...
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In the following essay, Schneider addresses differences in reactions to the stage, book, and film versions of Reigen in various countries.
Since the reception of Schnitzler's Reigen up to 1925 ...
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Liebelei
Arthur Schnitzler's 1895 play `Liebelei' provoked mass controversy within the Viennese upper class upon its premier in the `Burgtheater', as did many of his plays. This reaction could in p...
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Arthur Schnitzler
Arthur Schnitzler
Critical Essay by Joseph W. Bailey
Liebelei
