Schnitzler's Hidden Manuscripts

ISBN-13: 9783039115440 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 202 str.

Opis

This volume, which takes its title from an international conference held at the University of Cambridge in November 2006, aims to shed new light on Schnitzler s uvre and his period by focusing on his as yet largely unpublished literary remains, his hidden manuscripts . Among the key topics covered in this collection are: the reconstruction of the adventurous rescue of the manuscripts from Vienna in 1938 and a description of their current locations; an overview of the author s life, in its historical context, on the basis of such private documents as his diaries and letters; the plethora of existing variants, both published and unpublished, and their usefulness for our understanding of Schnitzler s work, from the Anatol cycle to the scandalous Reigen in the light of the discovery of its original manuscript and Schnitzler s planned (but never completed) work on the historical figure of Emperor Joseph II; Schnitzler s difficult relationship with one of the most influential journalists of his time, Karl Kraus, and his literary friendship with a close but hitherto neglected contemporary, Gustav Schwarzkopf; the network of intertextual references hidden in the revolutionary monologue novella Lieutenant Gustl against the background of Hermann Bahr s modernist theory of literature; and finally, Schnitzler s hidden legacy in our own epoch. This book contains contributions in both English and German."

Recenzje

«'Schnitzler's Hidden Manuscripts' presents excellent original scholarship and should serve as an invitation to future analyses of Schnitzler's works in the context of his diaries, letters, and the 'hidden' papers.» (Dagmar C. G. Lorenz, Journal of Austrian Studies 45, 2012/1-2)
«[This book offers] refreshing expansions on several of Schnitzler's well-known works and fascinating introductions to unknown aspects of the writer's oeuvre, biography, and times. The editors have succeeded at the tricky task of creating a volume that is both of great use to experts on Schnitzler and an excellent introduction for novices to his writings. They have made a strong case for their aim to publicize the value of the Nachlass for further research into Schnitzler's writings and Viennese modernism.» (Susan C. Anderson, Jahrbuch für Internationale Germanistik XLIV, 2012/2)

Spis treści

Contents: Gabriele Matzner-Holzer: Foreword: Arthur Schnitzler's Legacy - Patrick Zutshi: Prefatory Note - Lorenzo Bellettini: Introduction - Lorenzo Bellettini/Christian Staufenbiel: The Schnitzler Nachlass. Saved by a Cambridge Student - Giuseppe Farese: Arthur Schnitzlers Tagebücher und Briefe. Alltag und Geschichte - Edward Timms: Critique of a Journalistic Age. Arthur Schnitzler and Karl Kraus - Reinhard Urbach: Anatol. Variationen und Varianten - Gabriella Rovagnati: Wie ich zur Edition des Ur-Reigen kam - Renate Wagner: Der Gestaltung entzogen. Schnitzlers Pläne zu einem Stück über Joseph II. - Lorenzo Bellettini: Proximity and Distance. Schnitzler, Schwarzkopf and Der Ruf des Lebens - Achim Aurnhammer: Lieutenant Gustl. Protokoll eines Unverbesserlichen - Mariano D'Amora: Schnitzler's Hidden Legacy. An English Playwright Rewrites Reigen.

O autorze

Lorenzo Bellettini studied at the Universities of Bologna and Vienna, and received the degrees of MPhil and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge.
Peter Hutchinson is Reader in Modern German Studies at the University of Cambridge and Director of Studies in Modern Languages at Trinity Hall.