Franz Grillparzer, Der arme Spielmann [The Poor Fiddler]

Dagmar C. G. Lorenz (University of Illinois at Chicago)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.2: German-language Writing and Culture: Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, 800-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1848

Places

Austria (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novella

Resources

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Der arme Spielmann

[

The Poor Fiddler

, 1848] was Franz Grillparzer's literary contribution to the revolutionary year of 1848, although in a letter to Johann Count Mailáth (1786-1855) he denied that his

Rahmennovelle

(novella with a narrative frame) had any political significance. The novella was published in Pest in

Deutscher Almanach Iris

(German Almanac Iris) by the liberal Hungarian patriot Gustav Heckenast (1811-1878), and edited by the historian and Hungarian patriot Johann Count Mailáth. The latter, one of the tutors of the rebellious Austrian Empress Elisabeth (“Sisi”, 1837-1898), promoted Austrian

Vormärz

(the time before the March Revolution 1848) authors such as Grillparzer, Adalbert Stifter (q.v.), and Eduard von Bauernfeld (1802-1890).

Der arme Spielmann was

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Citation: Lorenz, Dagmar C. G.. "Der arme Spielmann". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 03 April 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=14749, accessed 26 April 2024.]

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