Download or read book Hofmannsthal and the French Symbolist Tradition written by Steven P. Sondrup and published by Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1976 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this study is a thorough investigation and comparison of Hofmannsthal's relationship to the theory of the French symbolists. A notable similarity of structure, mood and technique between Hofmannsthal's poetry and his lyric dramas and those of the symbolists, has long interested scholars and critics. In his concluding remarks, the editor brings forward the problems of researches.