Par-delà les mots Hugo von Hofmannsthal, du scepticisme linguistique à la recherche d’un nouveau langage : de la Lettre de Lord Chandos à Amour et Psyché

After the Lettre de Lord Chandos, was Hofmannsthal going to join Fritz Mauthner’s « linguistic scepticism » ? It was the regeneration rather than deconstruction of literary language that he aspired to, aligning himself with non-verbal arts. His fascination with pantomime, prefiguring theatrical dance, led him to collaborate closely with Grete Wiesenthal. In Amour et Psyché, the co-ordination of expressive movements with a language beyond words attained perfection.