Backward Glances: Registers of the Past in Stifter's Die Mappe meines Urgroßvaters
Abstract
Die Mappe meines Urgroßvaters (My Great-Grandfather’s Notebook; hereafter: Mappe) is perhaps the greatest example of Adalbert Stifter’s notoriously finicky writing habits. The text first appeared in installments in the Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, Literatur, Theater und Mode (Viennese Journal for Art, Literature, Theater, and Fashion) in 1841–42 (hereafter Journalfassung), and Stifter then reworked it for inclusion in the third volume of his Studien collection (Studies) in 1847 (hereafter Studienfassung). Stifter was typical for authors of the nineteenth century in republishing his works in book form, but his republications often comprised radically different works replete with new titles and major...
Repository Citation
Resvick, Jessica C. "Backward Glances: Registers of the Past in Stifter's Die Mappe meines Urgroßvaters." In A Companion to the Works of Adalbert Stifter, edited by Sean Ireton. Lake Placid, NY: Camden House, 2025.
Publisher
Camden House
Publication Date
3-1-2025
Department
German
Document Type
Book Chapter
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.22362164.10
Notes
Part II: Texts and Contexts, Chapter 6
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture, Vol. 249
ISBN
9781640141070
Language
English
Format
text
