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The article examines the reception of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's works by two Czechoslovak authors writing in German: Max Brod and Josef Mühlberger. The reception of Hofmannsthal's oeuvre is reflected primarily in Brod's novel "Mira", Brod's correspondence with Hofmannsthal, and Mühlberger's essay "Hugo von Hofmannsthal". The article explores how both authors depict the Viennese poet and what they consider to be Hofmannsthal's main significance and legacy for future generations. The article also compares Brod's and Mühlberger's statements with thematically similar texts by the Austrian author.
The article analyzes two early works by Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Das kleine Welttheater and Das Märchen der 672. Nacht. The author focuses on artistically perceptive characters: the poet and artist (in Das kleine Welttheater) and the "dilettante" (in Das Märchen der 672. Nacht). Using examples of the analyzed characters, the article attempts to define the features that are typical of the artist and the dilettante, explains the concepts of "pre-existence" and "existence" and gives an account of their importance in Hofmannsthal's work. The author characterizes the artistically perceptive characters on the basis of these concepts.