Schnitzler, Hofmannsthal, and the Austrian theatre Book

	List of Illustrations
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	List of Abbreviations
Ch. 1	Fin-de-siecle Vienna: Irrationalism and Renaissance	1
	'Jung Wien' and the Cafe Griensteidl	1
	Irrationalism	6
	Renaissance	15
	'Naturalist' and 'Neo-Romantic'	21
Ch. 2	Biography in Letters and Diaries	26
	Documentation	26
	Arthur Schnitzler	28
	Hugo von Hofmannsthal	42
	The Autobiographical Impulse	58
Ch. 3	The Theatre	66
	The World as a Stage: Theatre in Vienna	66
	Anti-Semitism and the Press	77
	Ends and Means: Professor Bernhardi	87
	Critical Reception: Diagnosis Without Therapy	98
	Hofmannsthal and Theatrical Comedy	105
Ch. 4	Eros	115
	Double Standards and the 'Woman Question'	115
	Schnitzler's Dramatization of Dalliance: Anatol, Liebelei, and Reigen	126
	Hofmannsthal's Elektra	137
	The Parting of the Ways (1910-11): Der Rosenkavalier and Das weite Land	148
Ch. 5	The End of the Monarchy	157
	World War	157
	The Birth of the Republic	173
Ch. 6	Cultural Conservatism in the Theatre	185
	Hofmannsthal's Return to Drama: Der Schwierige	185
	Der Unbestechliche	199
	The Salzburg Festival: Intention and Reality	201
Ch. 7	Post mortem	218
	Friends and Critics	218
	Obituaries	227
	Epilogue: The View from the Belvedere	235
	Bibliographical Note	247
	Notes	251
	Index	279