Ein Brief (Lord Chandos-Brief)
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Ein Brief (Lord Chandos-Brief) is a seminal 1902 fictional letter-essay by Hugo von Hofmannsthal in which the fictional Lord Chandos articulates a profound crisis of language and representation, often seen as a key text of early literary modernism.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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fictional letter ⓘ literary work ⓘ modernist text ⓘ |
| addressee | Francis Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| addressesConcept |
crisis of representation
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failure of traditional rhetoric ⓘ pre-linguistic experience ⓘ relationship between language and reality ⓘ |
| author | Hugo von Hofmannsthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | inability to use language meaningfully ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
fragmentation of experience
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silence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| criticalReception | canonical text in German modernism ⓘ |
| dateOfFirstPublication | 1902 ⓘ |
| discussedAlongside |
works of Karl Kraus
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works of Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ works of Rainer Maria Rilke ⓘ |
| form | epistolary ⓘ |
| genre | prose ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | The Lord Chandos Letter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
language philosophy reception of Hofmannsthal
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literary modernism ⓘ |
| isConsidered | key text of early literary modernism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Viennese modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early literary modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Lord Chandos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | fictional letter-essay ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext |
Austrian modernism
NERFINISHED
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language skepticism ⓘ |
| publicationType | journal publication ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor |
Der Schwierige
NERFINISHED
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Der Tor und der Tod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 17th century ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
German studies
ⓘ
comparative literature ⓘ philosophy of language courses ⓘ |
| theme |
breakdown of linguistic meaning
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crisis of language ⓘ inexpressibility of experience ⓘ limits of representation ⓘ modern subjectivity ⓘ skepticism toward rational discourse ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.