Download or read book The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann, Vol. 7 (Classic Reprint) written by Gerhart Hauptmann and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann, Vol. 7 The two long pieces that fill the greater part of the final volume of this edition of Haupt mann's dramas represent not only in point of time but also in their substance and method the intellectual if not the artistic culmination of a great career. In the Commemoration Masque (1913) so feverishly contended over at the time of its appearance he speaks in a way that has since taken on a tragic solemnity of certain prob lems of European history; in The Bow of 'odysseus (1914) he brings the interpretative power of modern psychology to bear upon per haps the most famous legend of the ancient world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.