The Elusive Transcendent The Role of Religion in the Plays of Frank Wedekind |
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| Author:
| Whalley, Fred |
| Series title: | Britische und Irische Studien Zur Deutschen Sprache und Literatur / British and Irish Studies in German Language and Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-906766-43-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2002 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $80.30 |
Book Description:
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Frank Wedekind's work was profoundly influenced by the religious and philosophical ideas of the nineteenth century. Detailed analysis of his unpublished notebooks and major plays shows how his characters transgress moral boundaries in a doomed quest to find transcendent value. In his later plays he deliberately blurs the distinction between art and reality, as his pseudo-autobiographical protagonists become secularized, redeeming sacrifices that enable bourgeois life to continue.
Frank Wedekind's work was profoundly influenced by the religious and philosophical ideas of the nineteenth century. Detailed analysis of his unpublished notebooks and major plays shows how his characters transgress moral boundaries in a doomed quest to find transcendent value. In his later plays he deliberately blurs the distinction between art and reality, as his pseudo-autobiographical protagonists become secularized, redeeming sacrifices that enable bourgeois life to continue.