Description and condition:

Black boards hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 376 pp., index.

As new, an unread copy.

Contents:

"Hugo von Hofmannsthal ceased to write poetry and lyric drama almost completely in the early 1900s. Commonly thought to have been inspired by French symbolism, this text argues that symbolism was in fact an inhibiting influence on his work and led to the crisis in his poetic writing."

Part of the Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs series.