Therese
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9, 1929
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STEPrENWOLF. By Henzars Hesst. Trans¬
1111
lated by Basn. Cancros. (Secker.
01
78. 6d. net.)
re¬
TFone wantedto give a mame to thie type of
T·S 01
novel Arthur Seimitzler has been writing
dwlirg the lnst few veurs, it would be possible
und
to lind a less deseriptive label than
ienlese.? It is from Viemm Uimt we get
Sleile
ost of our ideas abont psyelneannlgsis; and
fun.
it is fromn psycho-annlesis Umt Schmitzler
Zunat:
appears of lateto have got lns siens abont
antt.¬
people. Not that a novel like“ Fräulein
Dttren
Else, for instance, contnins a grent amount
100 0f
of psychologieal exposition. Tht is not
iliglit
Sehnitzler’s wag: he is an achmrable story¬
57 Mr.
teller, and he seldomn fails in this respect in
#bing
lis regard for the reäder. But it lins been
uller
evident for some tine thiat his opinions and
at ine
his interest in people have alike been deeply
singl Wrolgred by the cemelusions of Freudin
Dehology.
nd of
Theresn, which eriginally appenred last.
20 Ole
gear, is n preeise und dehente study of
Snn I1
Imost
charaeter, se unpartial in manner as to scein
Sechnt
rather eynieal fromn beginning to end. The
novel is by no means à short one, but it is
written ahnost as coneiselgns a elinical report.
Theresn Fablami, whien we first meet her, is
n girl of sixteen, living in Salzburg with her
parents. Her father, a retiretl Army oflicer,
is slowig becoming insane; her mother, a
PARD.
silly, dissolute creature, is exchunging the
part of a reader of sentimental novels for timt
der in
of a writer of thein. Theresa’s parentage, it
His
is al onee clear to the render, promises
hötling good. She beeinnes mnore or less
How,
engagedto Alfred Nuellheun, a goung inedieal
No
student, withont feeling the slightest passion
this
for Rün, und is inmnenselg relieved when he
us-
goes 10 Vienna, It is not long, however,
10 in
before sle is also boredl and lonely; and in
tns framie of mind she meets u Foung officer,
and
is innnedintely attracted to himn und almost
n¬
innnediatelg seduced by him. This, the first
For
of her love nflairs, is hamddlled wich the coolest.
1
detachnent; one is persunded of thie truth
#
olthe entire episodle, however, Dy thie way in
Which dhie girl, althongh slie loses ber tender¬
all¬
ness for her lover, retains her passion for hiln.
Finallg abandoned, she runs nwag to Viemimn
and gets work as a governess. Agnin she is
betraged bra sellish. Tentrienl, rendv-witted
10
fellow, Kasinur Tobisch—an acute charncter
study-—wlio becomes the father of her cluld.
Thenceforth Theresa flits from jobto job and
lover to lover with painful regularity; she
abnost appeurs at the und to have exhausted
thie possible minnber of lovers available in
Viemma. And through it ull, Schmitzler main¬
tnins, his heroine is at heart a shpple, generous,
affectiomte, und essentially innocent young
wroinan. Que has no wishto quarrel withts
mttn abentt ine faets; it. 18 vensonable #
üsstine Uimt Theren smstamtte Pieleis her¬
sell'to mnen forno worse renson ihn Chat site¬
is innde like that. But dhie einpliasis on
seximi unpulse is tireseme, however sigmiticant
##inng be for the psycho-umalgtie nund. The
Whlole thing rends to0 mitteh like the noteboole
or a mechieal practitioner or socinl worker;
euch case has a distinetive featureesthere 18
rooin for varlety even in these matters—but
ihe tenth on the list means y little more
Uhan the first. Still, thiere is u gennine note
er tragie druind at tiie close. Theresa’s meet¬
ing. aster several gears, with Alfred, und, Feurs
later, with Kasnmir deepens thie logie of the
storg; und the conelusien to her relntions with
her son Franz, a precocions, corrupt vouth,
brinigs terror and pitg inte the ihml pages.
If Sehmtzler’s work is Viennese, Hermann
Hesse’s is echl Deutsch."Der Steppenwolf.
published in 1927, was enomonsiy sureesstul
terln
95
Nr.
39. 1
box 6/2
9, 1929
ent in
1 buck
TW·0 GERMAN NOVELS
berty.
lling.
Thenesa: Tur Cnnosenn or A Woaax’s
and
## Dtonstable.
78. 6d. net.)
glish
STEPrENWOLF. By Henzars Hesst. Trans¬
1111
lated by Basn. Cancros. (Secker.
01
78. 6d. net.)
re¬
TFone wantedto give a mame to thie type of
T·S 01
novel Arthur Seimitzler has been writing
dwlirg the lnst few veurs, it would be possible
und
to lind a less deseriptive label than
ienlese.? It is from Viemm Uimt we get
Sleile
ost of our ideas abont psyelneannlgsis; and
fun.
it is fromn psycho-annlesis Umt Schmitzler
Zunat:
appears of lateto have got lns siens abont
antt.¬
people. Not that a novel like“ Fräulein
Dttren
Else, for instance, contnins a grent amount
100 0f
of psychologieal exposition. Tht is not
iliglit
Sehnitzler’s wag: he is an achmrable story¬
57 Mr.
teller, and he seldomn fails in this respect in
#bing
lis regard for the reäder. But it lins been
uller
evident for some tine thiat his opinions and
at ine
his interest in people have alike been deeply
singl Wrolgred by the cemelusions of Freudin
Dehology.
nd of
Theresn, which eriginally appenred last.
20 Ole
gear, is n preeise und dehente study of
Snn I1
Imost
charaeter, se unpartial in manner as to scein
Sechnt
rather eynieal fromn beginning to end. The
novel is by no means à short one, but it is
written ahnost as coneiselgns a elinical report.
Theresn Fablami, whien we first meet her, is
n girl of sixteen, living in Salzburg with her
parents. Her father, a retiretl Army oflicer,
is slowig becoming insane; her mother, a
PARD.
silly, dissolute creature, is exchunging the
part of a reader of sentimental novels for timt
der in
of a writer of thein. Theresa’s parentage, it
His
is al onee clear to the render, promises
hötling good. She beeinnes mnore or less
How,
engagedto Alfred Nuellheun, a goung inedieal
No
student, withont feeling the slightest passion
this
for Rün, und is inmnenselg relieved when he
us-
goes 10 Vienna, It is not long, however,
10 in
before sle is also boredl and lonely; and in
tns framie of mind she meets u Foung officer,
and
is innnedintely attracted to himn und almost
n¬
innnediatelg seduced by him. This, the first
For
of her love nflairs, is hamddlled wich the coolest.
1
detachnent; one is persunded of thie truth
#
olthe entire episodle, however, Dy thie way in
Which dhie girl, althongh slie loses ber tender¬
all¬
ness for her lover, retains her passion for hiln.
Finallg abandoned, she runs nwag to Viemimn
and gets work as a governess. Agnin she is
betraged bra sellish. Tentrienl, rendv-witted
10
fellow, Kasinur Tobisch—an acute charncter
study-—wlio becomes the father of her cluld.
Thenceforth Theresa flits from jobto job and
lover to lover with painful regularity; she
abnost appeurs at the und to have exhausted
thie possible minnber of lovers available in
Viemma. And through it ull, Schmitzler main¬
tnins, his heroine is at heart a shpple, generous,
affectiomte, und essentially innocent young
wroinan. Que has no wishto quarrel withts
mttn abentt ine faets; it. 18 vensonable #
üsstine Uimt Theren smstamtte Pieleis her¬
sell'to mnen forno worse renson ihn Chat site¬
is innde like that. But dhie einpliasis on
seximi unpulse is tireseme, however sigmiticant
##inng be for the psycho-umalgtie nund. The
Whlole thing rends to0 mitteh like the noteboole
or a mechieal practitioner or socinl worker;
euch case has a distinetive featureesthere 18
rooin for varlety even in these matters—but
ihe tenth on the list means y little more
Uhan the first. Still, thiere is u gennine note
er tragie druind at tiie close. Theresa’s meet¬
ing. aster several gears, with Alfred, und, Feurs
later, with Kasnmir deepens thie logie of the
storg; und the conelusien to her relntions with
her son Franz, a precocions, corrupt vouth,
brinigs terror and pitg inte the ihml pages.
If Sehmtzler’s work is Viennese, Hermann
Hesse’s is echl Deutsch."Der Steppenwolf.
published in 1927, was enomonsiy sureesstul
terln
95
Nr.