Richard Beer-Hofmann

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Richard Beer-Hofmann published fewer than a dozen books, but they include varied works of drama, prose, and poetry, and pioneered several literary movements. Beer-Hofmann also was known as a charming and popular member of the “Young Vienna” literary circle and a theatrical producer and director in Vienna, Salzburg, and Berlin. His Old Testament dramas reflect his strong identity as a Jewish writer. Like his other plays, they also display his mission to rid the theater of Naturalism and anticipate features of Expressionism. Beer-Hofmann’s acclaimed novel

Der Tod Georgs

[

Georg’s Death

, 1900] and his novellas, in the Viennese

Jugendstil

or “art nouveau” style, are among the earliest and most beautiful German examples of the “stream of consciousness” technique. Lacking…

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Citation: Saur, Pamela S.. "Richard Beer-Hofmann". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 June 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12111, accessed 19 March 2024.]

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