[PDF] Aesthetic Dilemmas: Encounters with Art in Hugo von Hofmannsthal?s Literary Modernism

A re-assessment of Hugo von Hofmannsthal?s contributions to the debate on ethics and art.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal is frequently portrayed as an aloof writer, out of step with modern sensibilities. Aesthetic Dilemmas re-evaluates his place in twentieth-century European Modernism by arguing that his work is not escapist but instead engages the consciousness of readers through dynamic encounters with works of art.