Zum Inhalt:

  I. Introduction

     Prior Research

     French Symbolism

     Symbolism and Romanticism

     Notes

II. Symbolism in Vienna

     Vienna of the 1890s

     Hofmannsthal and the Aesthetic Culture

     The Press

     Hermann Bahr

     Stefan George

     Notes

III. The Poetics

     D irect References to Symbolism

..... Unpublished Sources

         Published Sources

     Hofmannsthal's Poetics

         Essays and Reviews

         Diary and Ad Me Ipsum

     Hofmannsthal's Poetics and Symbolist Theory

     The Dangers of Aestheticism

     Notes

 IV. The Poetry

      Symbolist Elements in Hofmannsthal's Earliest Poems

      "Wolken"

      Symbolist Elements in Later Poems

      The Transcendent World

      The Magic of Language

      The Music of Poetry

      The Freedom of thePoet

      Hofmannsthal Poetry and the Poetryof the Symbolists

      Theme: "Le Crépuscule du Matin" und "Vortag"

      Imagery: "Clair de Lune" und "Dein Antlitz"

      Metaphor: "Bateau ivre" and "Erlebnis"

      Obscurity: "Le Pitre châtié" and "Lebenslied"

      Notes

V. The Dramatic Texts

      The Drama of Psychic Exploration

      Interorization of Dramatic Action

      The Language of Lyric Drama

      Integration of the Arts

      The Drama of Life's Mysteries

      Notes

VI. Conclusion

     Notes