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In ""Grillparzer's Libussa"" William Reeve provides an important interpretation of a work that has received little detailed attention from Europe and American critics. The play has been dealt with in a broader context in numerous monograph-length overviews or introductions to Grillparzer, but this time it receives careful consideration it deserves. Reeve not only offers a close textual analysis of the drama from the aspect of separation but shows how Libussa and its author fit into the development of the history of ideas in 19th-century Europe. He contents that Grillparzer's work reflects Freud, Bachofen, Neumann, Nietzsche and Lacan.

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""[Grillparzer's Libussa] represents a major step toward fulfilling an astonishing and lamentable gap in the existing critical discourse regarding a drama that now merits considerable interest and study in the context of modern dramatic works that embody critical reflection on our culture with respect to the role that gender relationships and identities play in its structure."" R. Whitinger, Germanic Studies, University of Alberta. ""That Professor Reeve is one of the most knowledgeable scholars on this author is evident ... [Grillparzer's Libussa] offers an original and convincing approach to this play, which will influence all subsequent interpretations."" Peter Stenberg, Germanic Studies, University of British Columbia.

[Grillparzer's Libussa] represents a major step toward fulfilling an astonishing and lamentable gap in the existing critical discourse regarding a drama that now merits considerable interest and study in the context of modern dramatic works that embody critical reflection on our culture with respect to the role that gender relationships and identities play in its structure. R. Whitinger, Germanic Studies, University of Alberta. That Professor Reeve is one of the most knowledgeable scholars on this author is evident ... [Grillparzer's Libussa] offers an original and convincing approach to this play, which will influence all subsequent interpretations. Peter Stenberg, Germanic Studies, University of British Columbia.

[Grillparzer's Libussa] represents a major step toward fulfilling an astonishing and lamentable gap in the existing critical discourse regarding a drama that now merits considerable interest and study in the context of modern dramatic works that embody critical reflection on our culture with respect to the role that gender relationships and identities play in its structure. R. Whitinger, Germanic Studies, University of Alberta. That Professor Reeve is one of the most knowledgeable scholars on this author is evident ... [Grillparzer's Libussa] offers an original and convincing approach to this play, which will influence all subsequent interpretations. Peter Stenberg, Germanic Studies, University of British Columbia.

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