Hugo von Hofmannsthal papers, 1890-1929.

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Hugo von Hofmannsthal papers, 1890-1929.

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The finding aid lists what was originally a deposit and a gift to Houghton: correspondence, essays, poetry, diaries and other papers of Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The deposited material was later withdrawn by the family. What remains at Houghton is marked in the finding aid with "Harvard" preceeding the item number and includes: von Hofmannsthal's autograph manuscript drafts and notes for unpublished poetry, dramas, lectures, prose narratives and essays, together with his diaries and journal notebooks from age 15 until his death. Papers document different stages of the conception and execution of his work, and contain reading notes, preliminary notations for written works, early drafts, and working papers.

14 boxes (7 linear ft.)

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Hofmannsthal, Hugo ˜vonœ 1874-1929

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Hugo von Hofmannsthal was a German author, known as perhaps the most important Austrian writer of his era. Born in Vienna to prosperous Jewish parents, he was educated by private tutors and studied law and philology at the University of Vienna. He showed a precocious gift for poetry, and became equally prolific writing drama, fiction, and essays. He was influenced by the Symbolist tradition, and his work was self-consciously aesthetic, but his writing was always infused with his concern for harm...