ARTHUR SCHNITZLER'S VIENNA
A public lecture by Lorenzo Bellettini (Cambridge University)
With the generous support of the Austrian Embassy, the Embassy of Israel,
King's College London and the Spiro Ark Gallery
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The lecture tells the story of Arthur Schnitzler and his circle of close
friends in Vienna between the end of the 19th century until the World Wars.
Schnitzler lived in an epoch of profound changes, from the birth of
psychoanalysis and modernism in the arts, to the rise of anti-Semitism, the
war, the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire and the holocaust. His life
was linked to that of famous and influential figures who belonged to his
close circle of friends, with all of whom he had an intense and difficult
relationship: Sigmund Freud, Theodor Herzl, Stefan Zweig, Hugo von
Hofmannsthal, Felix Salten, but also Thomas Mann, Henrik Ibsen, Gustav
Mahler, to name just a few.
This lecture describes the atmosphere of one of the most extraordinary
cities in Europe at the peak of its cultural influence. It tells the story
of the difficult relationship between talented, ambitious and influential
men, who debated on, and passionately wrote about, pychoanalysis, Zionism,
the meaning of art and, above all, the construction of a fragile identity in
a period of great changes which lead to modernity.
The event takes place on the site of the exhibition "Arthur Schnitzler's
Hidden Manuscripts", which for the first time displays documents from
Schnitzler's legacy, including letters by Freud, Herzl, Thomas and Heinrich
Mann and Rainer Maria Rilke. The exhibition has been organised with the
generous support of the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre (Institute of Germanic and
Romance Studies, University of London) and the Austrian Cultural Forum.
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A reception, offered by the Maugham Library, will be held at the presence of
the Austrian ambassador, Dr. Gabriele Matzner-Holzer, the cultural attaché
of the Israeli embassy, Dr. Sharron Harnoy, and the Head of Humanities at
King's College, Dr. Jan Palmowski.
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Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Maugham Library at King's College London, Chancery Lane
City/Town: London, United Kingdom
Entry £7 / £5
Revenues will go towards the cost of publishing a catalogue of the
exhibition "Arthur Schnitzler's Hidden Manuscripts"
For Bookings please contact
The Spiro Ark 22-26 Enford Street, London, W1H 1DW
Tel. 020 7723 9991 Fax 020 7723 8191
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