Robert Walser (writer) Summary

Robert Walser, a German-Swiss prose writer and novelist, enjoyed high repute among a select group of authors and critics in Berlin early in his career, only to become nearly forgotten by the time he c... Read more

Avery is a professor of German who has written several works on German literature, including Inquiry and Testament: A Study of the Novels and Short Prose of Robert Walser. In the following excerpt, he... Read more

Here, American writer and educator Lopate ponders the act of walking as a literary theme and as a source of inspiration and muse and indicates its importance to Walser as a basis for meditations, obse... Read more

In the review below, short story writer and critic DeFeo favorably assesses Walser's Selected Stories and analyzes Walser's use of characters. The critic also compares and contrasts Wals... Read more

Here, in an essay originally published in German in 1983, German novelist and dramatist Martin Walser examines the tone and irony in many of Robert Walser's works. He also describes the author&... Read more

In the following essay, American critic Birkerts asserts that Walser's work should not be intertwined with that of Franz Kafka, describing Walser's tone as "buoyant, sportive, and... Read more

Below, American scholar and translator Hafrey finds fault with Susan Bernofsky's translation of Walser's pieces collected in "Masquerade" and Other Stories. In recent years... Read more