{"product_id":"aesthetic-dilemmas-encounters-with-art-in-hugo-von-hofmannsthals-literary-modernism-9780228016656","title":"Aesthetic Dilemmas: Encounters with Art in Hugo Von Hofmannsthal's Literary Modernism","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Marlo Alexandra Burks\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - German\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929) is frequently portrayed in cultural histories as an aloof writer with a precious style, out of step with modern sensibilities. In Aesthetic Dilemmas Marlo Burks reassesses Hofmannsthal's oeuvre and its place in twentieth-century European modernist aesthetics.Through an examination of a diverse range of Hofmannsthal's ekphrastic writings - including poetry, essays, opera libretti, fiction, and letters - Burks argues that Hofmannsthal's work aims to engage the consciousness and sensibility of readers, listeners, and viewers by way of dynamic encounters with works of art. Aesthetic Dilemmas thereby corrects a long-standing, flawed characterization of Hofmannsthal's work as escapist and demonstrates how his place in the Modernist movement has been misunderstood in most scholarship. The book is in dialogue with a broad range of critical voices and treats a variety of themes, from aestheticism to money, interpersonal relationships, suffering, poverty, labour, futurity, legacy, and hope. Translating numerous passages into English for the first time, Aesthetic Dilemmas gives English-speaking readers the chance to evaluate Hofmannsthal's literary merit and his contributions to the enduring conversation about art's relation to ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McGill-Queen's University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47779553771671,"sku":"9780228016656","price":11495.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780228016656.webp?v=1778037421","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/aesthetic-dilemmas-encounters-with-art-in-hugo-von-hofmannsthals-literary-modernism-9780228016656","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}