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Biography EssayGerhart Hauptmann first attempted to express himself artistically as a sculptor. But once he had discovered his literary talents he explored, after a somewhat epigonic beginning, all po...
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The German dramatist and novelist Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (1862-1946) is best known for his pioneering naturalistic dramas. His subsequent work treats in various forms and styles the role of t...
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Gerhart Hauptmann's artistic range encompasses all literary genres: the drama, the novel, the novella and shorter prose fiction, the verse epic and poetry, and the essay, as well as aphoristic and the...
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Gerhart Hauptmann first attempted to express himself artistically as a sculptor. But once he had discovered his literary talents he explored, after a somewhat epigonic beginning, all possible literary...
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In the following review, Trueblood favorably assesses Hauptmann's novella The Heretic of Soana.
Hauptmann—the Ibsenist, the Zolaist, the psychologist-lover of man—is also a Nietzs...
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In the following essay, Rock evaluates the narrative technique of Bahnwärter Thiel, viewing it as “Expressionistic” and “modern” in its abruptly shifting perspective...
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In the following essay, Maurer explores the models and sources of Bahnwärter Thiel, discussing its relation to the German Novelle and analyzing its symbolism.
Flagman Thiel
In Hauptmann'...
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In the following essay, Silz describes Bahnwärter Thiel as poised between Poetic Realism and Naturalism.
With Gerhart Hauptmann's Novelle Bahnwärter Thiel we stand at the threshol...
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In the following essay, McClain considers Hauptmann's Der Ketzer von Soana as it displays a fallen priest's symbolic quest for meaning.
Few contemporary writers have expressed more eloqu...
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In the following essay, Ellis probes narrative technique and patterns of imagery in Bahnwärter Thiel, linking these to the work's theme of “rigid control and its loss.”
Wit...
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In the following essay, Hodge interprets Bahnwärter Thiel as “a prose drama, patterned on classical Greek tragedy and influenced by a demonic, Dionysian concept of tragedy similar to tha...
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In the following essay, Wells discusses musical imagery and the musicality of Hauptmann's prose in Bahnwärter Thiel.
“Mein Werk, aus Tönen ist es aufgebaut, aus schnellen L...
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In the following essay, Clouser examines the conflict between spiritual and physical natures in Bahnwärter Thiel, equating Thiel with a failed Hercules.
Largely neglected until the middle of th...
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In the following essay, Maurer surveys Hauptmann's novellas Fasching and Bahnwärter Thiel.
Fasching
In 1887, upon submitting Fasching for publication, Hauptmann requested that his first ...
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In the following essay, Clouser analyzes the syncretistic symbolism of Hauptmann's “Das Märchen,” seeing that tale as one of a journey after death in the realm of another c...
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Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann
Gerhart (Johann Robert) Hauptmann
Critical Review by Charles K. Trueblood
