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Tsvetkov, Y POETICS OF HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL IN HIS BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AD ME IPSUM. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2026;48(7):76–82. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2026.1369
Literature of the peoples of the world |
POETICS OF HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL IN HIS BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AD ME IPSUM
| Tsvetkov Yu. L. | Ivanovo State University |
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Keywords: Viennese Modernism literature Hugo von Hofmannsthal Ad Me Ipsum poetology “Death and the Fool” “The Secret of the World” “A Dream of the Higher Magic” late prose dramas and comedies |
Summary: The aim of this study is to conduct a hermeneutic analysis of the scattered notes of Hugo von Hofmanns-thal, a renowned Austrian poet and writer, created during different periods of his life and published posthumously. The novelty of this work lies in establishing the overarching poetological design of the notes as a self-interpretation of
creative path, moving from the youthful, magical stage of lyric poetry and verse dramas (the “pre-existence” stage, bor-
rowed from the Buddhist philosophy) through a difficult intermediate period to the “existence” stage – the acquisition
of social significance in the characters of later prose dramas and comedies. While the first “pre-existence” stage was
vividly reflected in Hofmannsthal’s early lyric poetry (the poem “A Dream of the Higher Magic”), the second stage –
a transitional path that preserved the magical power of the poet’s words – could not be embodied in real life without
a state of crisis, as Hofmannsthal’s Neoplatonic conception of the world was being destroyed by the materialistic basis
of reality (dramas “The Emperor and the Witch” and “The Adventurer and the Singer”). Finally, the “existence” stage
involved a direct apprehension of contemporary society’s social life through action, creation, and childbirth. Hofmanns-
thal’s mature period that saw the poem “The Secret of the World” and such dramas and comedies as “Sylvia in ‘The Star’”, “Florindo and the Stranger”, “Christina’s Journey Home”, “The Difficult Gentleman”, and “The Incorruptible Servant”, confirmed the fruitfulness of his poetological evolution. |
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