Austrian Literature and the Coffee-House before 1890

Author: Carr, Gilbert J.1

Source: Austrian Studies, Volume 16, Number 1, 1 December 2008 , pp. 154-171(18)

Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association

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Abstract:

The temporal and spatial patterns and discourses of the Viennese coffee-house were under-developed in realist fiction between 1867 and 1890, which instead reflected the social importance of salons or castigated the clientèle of taverns. Only Alfred Meissner's political novel reasserts the ideal of intellectual coffee-house exchange, which both Friedrich Schlögl and Daniel Spitzer debunk. Theodor Herzl uses the confinement of a café milieu to unmask the utopian aims of its bohémiens. The playful dialogue of Arthur Schnitzler's literati opens up narrative structure dialectically. Petr Bezruč's sketch of `the cafés of Prague' is an exemplary narrative shaping of the complexity of coffee-house discourse.

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Die Zeit- und Raumstrukturen und Diskurse des Wiener Kaffeehauses blieben in der realistischen Erzählliteratur 1867-1890, die die gesellschaftliche Bedeutung des Salons hervorhob oder die Gäste der Wirtshäuser geißelte, weitgehend unerschlossen. Lediglich Alfred Meissners politischer Roman erhebt den geistigen Austausch im Kaffeehause zum Ideal, das Friedrich Schlögl sowie Daniel Spitzer verspotten. Theodor Herzl veranschaulicht die Enge des Kaffeehausmilieus, um die utopischen Ziele der bohémiens zu entlarven. Aus dem spielerischen Dialog der Literaten schafft Arthur Schnitzler eine dialektisch offene Erzählstruktur. Exemplarisch für die erzählerische Gestaltung der Komplexität des Kaffeehausdiskurses ist Petr Bezrucč' Skizze der `Prager Cafés'.

Keywords: Viennese coffee-house; realist fiction; 1867 and 1890; taverns; Alfred Meissner's; Friedrich Schlögl; Daniel Spitzer; Theodor Herzl; Arthur Schnitzler's; Petr Bezruč; Wiener Kaffeehauses; realistischen Erzählliteratur 1867-1890; Wirtshäuser; Alfred Meissners; Friedrich Schlögl; Daniel Spitzer; Theodor Herzl; Arthur Schnitzler; Petr Bezrucč

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Trinity College, Dublin

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