Schnitzler

[ shnits-ler; German shnits-luhr ]

noun
  1. Ar·thur [ahr-ther; German ahr-toor], /ˈɑr θər; German ˈɑr tʊər/, 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.

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How to use Schnitzler in a sentence

  • The suspect in the attack, Mellech Schnitzler, got off without any prison time.

  • Her latest novel, as they say in pitch meetings, is Bret Easton Ellis meets Arthur Schnitzler meets The Golden Girls.

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  • Liebelei, which was produced first in 1895, is an excellent example both of Schnitzler's powers and of Schnitzler's limitations.

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  • To revert to Schnitzler the dramatist, what are his chief claims, his chief excellences, his chief defects?

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  • No dramatist has written tragedy with so light a hand, or comedy with so ironically pathetic a smile, as has Arthur Schnitzler.

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  • Perhaps, however, Schnitzler's most characteristic series of one-acters is the one headed Lebendige Stunden.

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  • The fundamental theme is one dear to Schnitzler—the flaming up of passion under the shadow of impending death.

British Dictionary definitions for Schnitzler

Schnitzler

/ (German ˈʃnɪtslər) /


noun
  1. Arthur (ˈartʊr). 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist. His best-known works are Anatol (1893) a series of one-act plays, and Reigen (1900), both of which reveal his psychological insight and preoccupation with sexuality

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