Masters Thesis

Spanish influences on Hugo Von Hofmannsthal

The purpose of this study is to discover and analyze the Spanish influences on Hugo von Hofmannsthal on the basis of his plays. A close examination of his dramas reveals the extent to which Spanish thought inspired and stimulated the poet. Works by Ernst Robert Curt J us, Crete Schaeder, and Egon Schwarz, to name a few, have discussed Hofmannsthal's relationship to Spanish literature and Calderon in particular. It is the intent of this study to shed additional light on the power of Spanish thought which, in combination with European cultural tradition and oriental thought, influenced Hofmannsthal to become a spokesman for modern man in search for a new world order.

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