Deadly dishonor

Autor*innen

• Brenda Keiser

Parameter

• Belletristik
• Weltliteratur

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This study analyzes the anachronistic tradition of the duel and the honor code in turn-of-the-century Vienna as portrayed by the Austrian writer Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931). Schnitzler's approach to this theme reveals the dialectics between personal ethics and the military honor code. It is shown that Schnitzler observed a transition of values in Viennese society, in which external representation was often considered more important than internal conviction.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1990