Raimund and Vienna: A Critical Study of Raimund's Plays in their Viennese Setting - Rilegato

Prohaska, Dorothy

 
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Dorothy Prohaska examines the plays of Ferdinand Raimund (1790–1836), and discusses their local characteristics as well as their individuality.

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Dorothy Prohaska examines the plays of Ferdinand Raimund (1790–1836), and discusses their local characteristics as well as their individuality. She is closely informed about the Vienna of the time, revealing the complexity of Raimund's development as a playwright within the popular tradition and assessing his achievement as an original dramatist.

Contenuti

List of illustrations; Introduction; 1. Ferdinand Raimund 1790–1836: an outline of the events of Raimund's life against the background of Vienna and its theatres; 2. Entertaining the community: an explanation of specific local allusions in the dialogue of Raimund's plays and a discussion of their significance; 3. The shifting scene: an examination of setting and action in Raimund's plays and a discussion of the changing emphasis placed on local colour; 4. From local clown to comic character: an examination of changing characterization-patterns in Raimund's plays and an evaluation of his characters; 5. The mirror and the image: an interpretation of the changing mood of Raimund's plays in relation to the mood of the city; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Map of Vienna in the 1820s.

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9780521155540: Raimund and Vienna: A Critical Study of Raimund's Plays in their Viennese Setting

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ISBN 10:  0521155541 ISBN 13:  9780521155540
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2012
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