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Arno Schmidt lesen! Orientierungshilfe für Erstleser und Wegweiser im Literaturdschungel
Dieser Band will an das Werk Arno Schmidts heranführen, ohne den Spaß, das Vergnügen, die Erfahrung der eigenen Lektüre zu verderben oder zu ersetzen. Dabei richtet er sich an eine dreifache Leserschaft: Für Neueinsteiger beginnt es mit einem Gesamtporträt Arno Schmidts und Kurzcharakterisierungen seiner sämtlichen Veröffentlichungen zu Lebezeiten. Für Fortgeschrittene gedacht sind ausführliche Beurteilungen der wichtigsten Publikationen aus dem Nachlaß Arno Schmidts. Für Profis enthält der Band außerdem erschöpfende Hinweise auf weiterführende und vertiefende Sekundärliteratur. Im Idealfall ist das Kompendium „Arno Schmidt lesen!“ ein Begleiter auf dem Weg orientierungssuchender Leser vom Einsteiger zum Schmidt-Profi, einem Weg, der lang sein mag, aber immer lustvoll absolviert werden sollte.
168 pages, Paperback
First published June 2, 2014
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October 2, 2020
Read Arno Schmidt!
So the book’s title (only authentic with exclamation mark), is a request, which I can only agree with.
At least some of Arno SChmidt’s works should be enjoyed by any responsible reader.
According to the back cover, the book at hand addresses three target groups:
Newcomers
For them the first part of the book is interesting, in which all works published during SChmidt’s lifetime are listed, together with a short summary . In addition, the available editions of each work and a list of secondary literature can be found here.
Advanced Readers
In the second part (which is even longer than the first), the works from the literary estate are discussed. This includes several volumes of correspondence, collections of essays, autobiographical works, as well as, for example, the new edition of the Magnum Opus ZETTEL’S TRAUM in set form (in contrast to the facsimile edition).
Professionals
The bibliographies with in-depth secondary literature mentioned in the first part are intended for this crowd. The lists are incredibly extensive! Since I am not a professional and do not want to become one, I shamefully leafed over this part of the reading.
* * *
I have already read quite a few works by Arno SChmidt, but I still wouldn’t call myself an advanced student; maybe on the way there and after I digested all the works from the first part (there are not many that are missing and I already have them on a nearby shelf). The descriptions and contents of the works I know were a bit too short for my taste. As soon as I remembered the work in question while reading the article (and wiped away the first tears of joy of reunion), the article was already over. A pity. Except for the works of the late phase (ZETTEL’S TRAUM, DIE SCHULE DER ATHEISTEN and ABEND MIT GOLDRAND) the descriptions never went beyond one page of the book.
The entries from the second part are much more detailed. Here you can learn a lot about the person Arno SCHmidt, and that he was - carefully formulated - not always easy to handle. Friedhelm Rathjen also does not hold back with personal impressions of man and work, which I found very refreshing.
All in all, I was hoping for a bit more. I still think it’s a good read, as it renewed my desire to continue my SChmidt=studies.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
So the book’s title (only authentic with exclamation mark), is a request, which I can only agree with.
At least some of Arno SChmidt’s works should be enjoyed by any responsible reader.
According to the back cover, the book at hand addresses three target groups:
Newcomers
For them the first part of the book is interesting, in which all works published during SChmidt’s lifetime are listed, together with a short summary . In addition, the available editions of each work and a list of secondary literature can be found here.
Advanced Readers
In the second part (which is even longer than the first), the works from the literary estate are discussed. This includes several volumes of correspondence, collections of essays, autobiographical works, as well as, for example, the new edition of the Magnum Opus ZETTEL’S TRAUM in set form (in contrast to the facsimile edition).
Professionals
The bibliographies with in-depth secondary literature mentioned in the first part are intended for this crowd. The lists are incredibly extensive! Since I am not a professional and do not want to become one, I shamefully leafed over this part of the reading.
* * *
I have already read quite a few works by Arno SChmidt, but I still wouldn’t call myself an advanced student; maybe on the way there and after I digested all the works from the first part (there are not many that are missing and I already have them on a nearby shelf). The descriptions and contents of the works I know were a bit too short for my taste. As soon as I remembered the work in question while reading the article (and wiped away the first tears of joy of reunion), the article was already over. A pity. Except for the works of the late phase (ZETTEL’S TRAUM, DIE SCHULE DER ATHEISTEN and ABEND MIT GOLDRAND) the descriptions never went beyond one page of the book.
The entries from the second part are much more detailed. Here you can learn a lot about the person Arno SCHmidt, and that he was - carefully formulated - not always easy to handle. Friedhelm Rathjen also does not hold back with personal impressions of man and work, which I found very refreshing.
All in all, I was hoping for a bit more. I still think it’s a good read, as it renewed my desire to continue my SChmidt=studies.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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