The smiling lieutenant 1931 plot summary

I have been struggling with the question of why I have never, in all these years, made an effort to meet you. 1922 (the eve of Schnitzler's 60th birthday):

Freudian themes: centrality of sexuality demonstrates how drive for sexual satisfaction crosses class boundaries and how general libertinism thrives beneath the social facade of moral propriety.ДЇreud once remarked that he saw Schnitzler as his 'double,' and hence avoided him (this reflects Freud's awareness that Schnitzler's treatment of his literary characters reflected aspects of Freud's own theories).ДЇreud to Schnitzler on May 4. La Ronde (1900): A sexual farce that employs the image of the 'Round Dance' to expose loose sexual mores that bleed through the surface of Victorian Vienna. Schnitzler known as a writer largely for his tremendously popular dramas, which were among the most-played in Viennese theaters:ДЄnatol (1893): parody of the social interaction in Viennese Bourgeois and aristocraatic society he lambastes the culture of enjoyment, hedonism, spontaneity, live-for-the-day mentality, all of which was typical of Viennese life at the turn of the century Schnitzler was a reserve officer in the Austro-Hungarian army he lost his commission as a result of publishing Gustl.

Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) a contemporary of Freud's (6 years younger than Freud) lived in Vienna was a physician Jewish heritage (like so many Viennese intellectuals of the time). Lecture Notes: Schnitzler, Lieutenant Gustl

The smiling lieutenant 1931 plot summary