Contents:Austro-Hungarian Militarism Versus Pacifism 1880-1889. Schnitzler's Early Ideas on Patriotism and the Causes of War. Schnitzler's Experience in the Military. Bertha von Suttner and Liberal Opposition to Militarism. Absolutism and Civil Unrest. Schnitzler's Literary Experimentation 1890-1899. Schnitzler's Campaign Against the Militarist Institution of the Duel. Early Historical Drama: Revolution and Feudal Wars. Schnitzler's Rejection of Austrian Militarism and His Early Critique of War: 1900-1913. Viennese Society and the Austro-Hungarian Officer. On War and Heroism in the Historical Dramas. :Die Hirtenfloete": The Conflict of Reason and Emotion. The First World War and the "Weltruin": 1914-1919. Schnitzler's Troubled Reaction to the Outbreak of the War. Schnitzler;s Relations with the European Peace Movements and Independent Pacifists. The Myth of "Die grosse Zeit" and Schnitzler's Rejection of War in "Und einmal wird der Friede wiederkommen..." The War Fragments: "Kriegsgeschichte" and "Der Oberstabsarzt." Social Criticism and a Return to the Duel as a Dramatic Theme. Politics and Schnitzler's "Schweigen." Postwar Reflections and a Look into the Future: 1920-1931. The Myth of "Die versunkene Welt" Schnitzler's Analysis of the Causes of the First World War. A Return to the Historical Drama: Diplomacy, Absolutism, and "Phantasielosigkeit." War and the Later Fragments: "Boxeraufstand," "Abenteuernovelle," and "Der Landsknecht." Conclusion.

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