| The Elusive Transcendent: The Role of Religion in the Plays of Frank Wedekind Contributor(s): Yates, W. E. (Editor), Reiss, Hans S. (Editor), Whalley, Fred (Author) |
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ISBN: 3906766438 ISBN-13: 9783906766430 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $76.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - General - Religion | History - Religion | Christian Theology - General |
| Dewey: 832.8 |
| LCCN: 2002030140 |
| Series: Britische Und Irische Studien Zur Deutschen Sprache Und Lite |
| Physical Information: 204 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Frank Wedekind's work was profoundly influenced by the religious and philosophical ideas of the nineteenth century. Detailed analysis of his unpublished notebooks and major plays shows how his characters transgress moral boundaries in a doomed quest to find transcendent value. In his later plays he deliberately blurs the distinction between art and reality, as his pseudo-autobiographical protagonists become secularized, redeeming sacrifices that enable bourgeois life to continue. |