A careful consideration of all the points involved will lead to no other conclusion than that whereas in Hoelderlin the cosmic element predominates, Lenau stands as a type of egoistic Weltschmerz.  To quote from our classification attempted in the first chapter, he is one of “those introspective natures who are first and chiefly aware of their own misery, and finally come to regard it as representative of universal evil.”  Nowhere is this more clearly stated than in the poet’s own words:  “Es hat etwas Troestliches fuer mich, wenn ich in meinem Privatunglueck den Familienzug lese, der durch alle Geschlechter der armen Menschen geht.  Mein Unglueck ist mir mein Liebstes,—­und ich betrachte es gerne im verklaerenden Lichte eines allgemeinen Verhaengnisses."[180]

FOOTNOTES: 

[Footnote 75:  Euphorion, 1899, p. 791.]

[Footnote 76:  “Nicolaus Lenau,” Neue Fr. Pr., Nr. 11166-7]

[Footnote 77:  Schurz, Vol.  II, p. 212.]

[Footnote 78:  Cf. Euphorion, 1899, p. 795.]

[Footnote 79:  Anton Schurz:  “Lenau’s Leben,” Cotta, 1855 (hereafter quoted as “Schurz"), Vol.  II, p. 199.]

[Footnote 80:  “Lenaus Werke,” ed Max Koch, in Kuerschner’s DNL. (hereafter quoted as “Werke"), Vol.  I, p. 525 f.]

[Footnote 81:  Cf. supra, p. 22.]

[Footnote 82:  Cf. among others Sadger, Weiler. Infra, p. 88.]

[Footnote 83:  “Nicolaus Lenau’s Briefe an einen Freund,” Stuttgart, 1853, p. 68 f.]

[Footnote 84:  “Nicolaus Lenau’s saemmtliche Werke,” herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig, Reclam, p.  CI.]

[Footnote 85:  Schurz, Vol.  I, p. 169.]

[Footnote 86:  Schurz, Vol.  II, p. 144.]

[Footnote 87:  Schurz, Vol.  II, p. 152f.]

[Footnote 88:  Schurz, Vol.  I, p. 275.]

[Footnote 89:  Ricarda Huch:  “Romantische Lebenslaeufe.” Neue d.  Rundschau, Feb. 1902, p. 126.]

[Footnote 90:  Sept. 29, 1844.  Cf.  Schurz, Vol.  II, p. 223.]

[Footnote 91:  L. A. Frankl:  “Lenau und Sophie Loewenthal,” Stuttgart, 1891 (hereafter quoted as “Frankl”) p. 189, incorrectly states the date as 1838.  Possibly it is a misprint.]

[Footnote 92:  Frankl, p. 155.]

[Footnote 93:  Frankl, p. 151.]

[Footnote 94:  Frankl, p. 164.]

[Footnote 95:  Frankl, p. 102.]

[Footnote 96:  Frankl, p. 149.]

[Footnote 97:  Frankl, p. 150.]

[Footnote 98:  Frankl, p. 150.]

[Footnote 99:  Schurz, Vol.  II, p. 7.]

[Footnote 100:  Cf.  Lenau’s Saemmtl.  Werke, herausg. von G. Emil Bartel, Leipzig, ohne Jahr.  Introd., p. clxv.]

[Footnote 101:  Frankl, p. 32.]

[Footnote 102:  Frankl, p. 14.]

[Footnote 103:  Frankl, p. 30.]

[Footnote 104:  Cf. supra, p. 38.]

[Footnote 105:  Frankl, p. 15.]