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of what goes on from moment
moment in her mind and heart.
ATheresn."
In manner and effect“Theresa' is
quite other. A rather bard, dry, eir¬
cumstantial account, truly a “chron¬
icle“ of a life in which one is able to
discover little charm or dignity. On
the whole it is a chronicle of middle¬
aged frailty by one who has outlived
even middle age. Schnitzler is sorry
for his Theresa as a person and as a
symbol, but his heart doesn't bleed
for her, his interest is chiefly scien¬
tific; her pathos and her futility are
fragments on the slide, to be serupu¬
lously examined and meticulously
noted. Perhaps the mood and method
of a" Bertha Garlan'' are no longer
possible for this writer.
Meanwhile youth and the abounding
pitality of youth still express them¬
selves through Baltie genlus. Franz
Werfel, Frank Thiess are but two
among the spokesmen and interpreters
of the new generation. About a veur
ago appeared
he Gateway to Life,“
a version in English of"Das Tor Zur
Welt.“ by Frank Thiess. It was, we
heard, a member (not the first in
point of time) of a tetralogy in which
the younger generation of after-war
Germany was to be presented. These
four volumes were to deal with fairly
clean-cut phases, infancy, adolescence,
vouth and maturity. The Gateway t0
Life“ covered the second phase. Now
he third is set forth in“ The Devil’s
shadow.“ The franslation apart from
any question of accuracy is remark-
ably spirited and flexible, without a
trace of allen idiom. It is the kind of
translation that makes you wonder 11
the original really does justice to it.
But Frank Thiess perhaps lends
himsef uncommonly to an English ren¬
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