Das Märchen der 672. Nacht

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Das Märchen der 672. Nacht is a symbolist novella by Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal that explores themes of decadence, fate, and psychological disintegration in a dreamlike, oriental setting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novella
author Hugo von Hofmannsthal NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Austria
genre psychological fiction
symbolist novella
hasAuthorNationality Austrian
hasLiteraryInfluenceOn 20th-century psychological prose in German
hasMainCharacter young bourgeois man
hasTitleInOriginalLanguage Das Märchen der 672. Nacht NERFINISHED
hasTone melancholic
morbid
oneiric
influencedBy Decadent movement NERFINISHED
Symbolist aesthetics
isNotableFor exploration of unconscious drives
fusion of oriental motifs with Viennese decadence
intense interiority
literaryMovement Symbolism NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod fin de siècle
motif dream–reality ambiguity
encounter with a prostitute
fatal attraction
journey through the city
narrativeForm prose
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage German
partOf Austrian literature
German-language literature
setting oriental setting
settingCharacteristic dreamlike atmosphere
styleCharacteristic impressionistic description
ornate language
symbolic imagery
theme alienation
death
decadence
eroticism
fate
psychological disintegration

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Hugo von Hofmannsthal notableWork Das Märchen der 672. Nacht