Franz Grillparzer Summary

Biography EssayNeither Romantic nor purely realist, Franz Grillparzer has been difficult to place in the established periods of literary historiography. The foremost Austrian writer in the nineteenth ... Read more

Neither Romantic nor purely realist, Franz Grillparzer has been difficult to place in the established periods of literary historiography. The foremost Austrian writer in the nineteenth century, a time... Read more

In the following essay, Kaufmann examines the major influences on Grillparzer's work, in particular the effect of classical idealism. Literary criticism rather early recognized the fact that... Read more

In the following essay, Thompson considers the lack of dramatic action in Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg, contending that there is a significant dramatic moment in Act IV. The title of Grillparzer�... Read more

In the following essay, Nicholls explores Grillparzer's utilization of Bancbanus as protagonist of Ein treuer Diener seines Herrn. Fundamental to the interpretation of Grillparzer's d... Read more

In the following essay, Dunham analyzes the structure and motivation of the dramatic monologues in three of Grillparzer's dramas: Sappho, Das goldene Vließ, and Des Meeres und der Liebe ... Read more

In the following essay, Silz provides a character study of the protagonist in König Ottokars Glück und Ende, King Ottokar, challenging the critical interpretation of the character as a b... Read more

In the following essay, Sweeney differentiates Grillparzer's Medea from Euripedes' version and contends that Grillparzer's play was the one that influenced W. D. Howells' A... Read more

In the following essay, Goff offers a structural analysis of Des Meeres und der Liebe Wellen, particularly the “play-within-a-play” technique. Grillparzer's mastery of dramatic... Read more

In the following excerpt, Pollak relates relevant facts regarding Grillparzer's early life and first compositions. Franz Grillparzer was born in Vienna on the 15th of January, 1791, and died... Read more

In the following essay, Nicholls analyses Ein Treuer Diener Seines Herrn as representative of Grillparzer's propensity to portray man in all his limitations, to expose the ambiguity inherent in... Read more

In the following excerpt, Reeve explores the first act of Libussa, focusing on the title character's struggle to define herself in relation to the men in her life, particularly her father, whil... Read more

In the following excerpt, Yates offers detailed discussions of Grillparzer's Das Goldene Vlies, Köning Ottokar's Glück und Ende, and Der Traum ein Leben, focusing on charac... Read more

In the following essay, Mahlendorf argues that the two main characters in Grillparzer's The Poor Fiddler, Jacob and the narrator, are actually two aspects of Grillparzer himself, and that the s... Read more

In the following essay, Harrigan suggests that Sappho appealed to Grillparzer because he viewed her as a figure who was able to integrate her life and art into a complex whole. I Since it was first... Read more

In the following essay, Roe discusses Grillparzer's Der Arme Spielmann, as well as several other plays, in terms of the dramatist's artistic and spiritual development, noting that Spielm... Read more

In the following essay, Roe likens the character of Jacob with similar protagonists in Grillparzer's mature plays. Grillparzer's Der arme Spielmann has in recent years attracted consi... Read more

In the following excerpt, Thompson contrasts Grillparzer's two works of short fiction, Der arme Spielmann and Das Kloster bei Sendomir. In view of the fact that Grillparzer regarded poetry s... Read more

In the following essay, Cowen places the critical reaction to Der arme Spielmann within a social, literary, and political context. From the time of its first publication in Iris: Deutscher Almanach... Read more

In the following essay, Kappeler explores stylistic aspects of Der arme Spielmann, in particular the effect of the frame story on the novella. Le «sujet», c'est pour nous (depu... Read more

In the following essay, Ellis investigates the function of the narrator in Der arme Spielmann. Grillparzer's story Der arme Spielmann1 has long been regarded as one of his best works,2 and i... Read more

In the following essay, Browning explores “a constitutive (but hitherto unnoted) theme of the novella—that of language or the word—and to offer some suggestions as to its possible... Read more

In the following essay, Reeve examines the theatrical staging and spatial relationships in Der arme Spielmann. In his psychologically oriented Franz Grillparzer oder das abgründige Biedermei... Read more

In the following essay, Mahlendorf investigates autobiographical elements in Der arme Spielmann, particularly the theme of rejection. Introduction Grillparzer's story The Poor Fiddler (writt... Read more