Donald G. Daviau Books

The title of the present volume Jura Soyfer and His Time indicates its dual to examine the life and works of this extraordinary author who died much too early and to place him and his writings into the broader context of the period in which he lived and created - the 1930s - by discussing some of the most important authors writing at the same time, even though they might not have interacted with Soyfer. This approach of juxtaposing Soyfer with the literary scene around him has made it possible to demonstrate the wide variety of literary themes and techniques that coexisted during these highly politicized years of turmoil and uncertainty in Austria. Naturally the list of authors writing concurrently with Soyfer is not complete, but the writers discussed here serve as representative examples of the major trends and tendencies.

Das Resultat von Donald G. Daviaus Forschungen wird in diesem Buch mit neuen Bildern, einer Bibliographie und einem umfangreichen Index vorgestellt. Der Einleitungstext zum Schicksal von Hermann Bahrs Nachlaß zeigt, daß viele Fehlinterpretationen und Nicht-Wirkungen gerade dadurch entstanden sind, daß der Nachlaß lange nicht zugänglich war. Donald G. Daviau schreibt aber mit Kenntnis dieses Nachlasses und umfangreicher Quellenstudien über einen Hermann Bahr, der in seiner Zeit immer wieder an zentralen Stellen Produktion, Rezeption und Distribution der Künste mitbestimmt hatte, aber in der heutigen Zeit zu jenen gehört, die gerade bei literar- bzw. kunsthistorischen Darstellungen vergessen wird. Im Zentrum der Darstellungen von Daviau stehen seine Verhältnisse zu KünstlerInnen seiner Zeit: Ferdinand von Saar, Gustav Klimt, Arthur Schnitzler, Karl Kraus, Robert Musil, Josef Nadler und verschiedenen Kunstströmungen wie der Decadence, der Moderne, den Sezessionisten, dem Expressionismus, dem Barock, Institutionen wie dem Burgtheater und so divergenten politischen Strömungen wie dem Antisemitismus, dem Zionismus und den Vereinigten Staaten von Europa. Das Buch von Daviau ist ein Plädoyer, sich mit dem Menschen und Künstler Hermann Bahr gerade auch jetzt auseinander zu setzen und insbesonders seine Ideen zur Vereinigung der Menschen und Nationen aufzugreifen.

National Image, which to a country is what character is for a person, ranks as an extremely important concern for every nation and for the people living in it. Nowhere is this more true than in Austria which depends heavily on tourism and which welcomes foreign investment. Indeed, image for Austria becomes doubly important, for throughout its history the country has always stood in the shadow of Germany in the view of the outside world, where even the greatest Austrian accomplishments in all of the arts have generally been subsumed under the rubric of German literature, art, and music.In this context the aim of the essays contained here is to establish what the image of Austria has been historically and what it is today. The contributions examine the view of Austria projected in the writings of American, Austrian and German authors, ranging from the late nineteenth century to the present. While recognising the many appealing qualities - the natural beauty and the former grandeur of the Monarchy - the writers at home and abroad have at the same time candidly and unsparingly criticised political and social problems. All together the analyses result in a multifaceted portrayal of the changing perception of Austria both externally and internally.

This volume presents fifteen of the leading authors of the Austrian nineteenth century. A comprehensive introduction provides the historical and literary background as a context for the essays on the individual writers. Special attention is paid to the definition of 'Biedermeier,' to the attitudes toward women, and to the question of the autonomy of Austrian literature. -- Authors included Ludwig Anzengruber, Eduard Bauernfeld, Jakob Julius David. Karl Emil Franzos, Franz Grillparzer, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Ferdinand Kürnberger, Nikolaus Lenau, Johann Nepomuk Nestroy, Betty Paoli, Caroline Pichler, Ferdinand Raimund, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Charles Sealsfield, Adalbert Stifter.

Kurzbiographie und Werkbesprechung des großen österreichischen Autors

The book explores various aspects of Austrian literature through a collection of essays by different authors. Herbert Arlt discusses the historical representation of Austrian literature, while Wolfgang Höppner examines the methodology of literature historiography, focusing on Wilhelm Scherer. Eduard Beutner addresses the Enlightenment period in Austrian literature, highlighting research gaps and presentation challenges. Neva Ãlibar calls for an interculturally conceived history of Austrian literature. Pamela S. Saur contrasts American and Austrian literary histories. Thomas Rothschild analyzes contemporary Austrian literature beyond current trends, and Maximilian Aue reflects on the challenges of evaluating literature in a new Austrian literary history. Tamás Lichtmann offers methodological theses regarding the cultural legacy of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Paul F. Dvorak explores the connections and tensions between Vienna and Prague. Gerhard Fieguth investigates aphoristic possibilities in the works of Grillparzer, Hofmannsthal, and Kraus. Stefan Aichhorn discusses Austrian folk theater comedy, while Penka Angelova delves into Christoph Ransmayr's novels and their relationship to universal history. Alessandra Schininà highlights the significance of diaries in literature, and Nancy C. Erickson analyzes cultural inscriptions in Elfriede Jelinek's works. Annette Daigger reviews the reception of Austrian literature, and Gün