tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post1793138353839946884..comments2023-11-22T04:10:49.266-05:00Comments on Dispatches from Zembla: Stifter ReviewAlokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-25495077234579730212008-09-07T14:23:00.000-05:002008-09-07T14:23:00.000-05:00Thanks for that info, and the neat link!Thanks for that info, and the neat link!praymonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799593980838361293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-65203401645382286412008-09-07T13:42:00.000-05:002008-09-07T13:42:00.000-05:00hi paul, I don't know if you have heard this inter...hi paul, I don't know if you have heard <A HREF="http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw011206w_g_sebald" REL="nofollow">this interview of W. G. Sebald.</A> In it he himself says that he was influenced by nineteenth century German prose, chief among them was adalbert stifter. Susan Sontag also mentioned it in her essay on Sebald. One of his essay collections also has this wonderful title "Writing About Disaster: Austrian Literature from Stifter to Handke"...it hasn't been translated yet as far as I know. Stifter's name also comes occasionally in Bernhard's novels...though one of his characters, Reger in Old Masters, isn't a great fan, to put it mildly!<BR/><BR/>cat: I have read about Stifer and as Paul said I always thought he would be a bit hard going. This review actually makes it sound more interesting, alongwith your thumbs up of course!Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-49519677354734191742008-09-07T13:13:00.000-05:002008-09-07T13:13:00.000-05:00Stifter's been on my TBR list for a while, too. I ...Stifter's been on my TBR list for a while, too. I think I put off reading him because his bio makes him seem (as Kirsch notes) kind of boring. But I think he appears more interesting today as an influence on Sebald and Bernhard. Actually, I can't remember if Sontag and other critics said he influenced those authors, or just that their work was similar to Stifter's.praymonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799593980838361293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-39236654331020785492008-09-07T11:16:00.000-05:002008-09-07T11:16:00.000-05:00I'm really glad NYRB Classics have published "Rock...I'm really glad NYRB Classics have published "Rock Crystal". It's an absolute masterpiece, and Stifter is, in his way, a genius. I think of him as some kind of forerunner of Raymond Roussel - there's the similar semi-autistic attention to detail.Cheshire Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463645065346922684noreply@blogger.com