„Das Zittern vor Begierde nach dem Zusammenhang“1. Über Franz Grillparzers Der arme Spielmann und das Gedicht Als sie, zuhörend, am Klaviere saß
“Trembling with Desire for Connection, Correlation, Coherence”. On Franz Grillparzer’s Der arme Spielmann and the Poem Als sie, zuhörend, am Klaviere saß

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the essay is to bring Grillparzer’s poetry back into academic discussion. Poetological remarks by the author, praxaeological questions and genre-theoretical considerations are brought together in a close reading. It is necessary to examine whether a fundamentally biographically motivated misunderstanding worked to the disadvantage of Grillparzer’s poetry, which has pushed the visibility of social and political relationships in Grillparzer’s oeuvre into the background to this day. In order to provide a counterpoint to this traditional image, an analysis of the poem Als sie, zuhörend, am Klaviere saß (1821) will be used to point out Grillparzer’s sensitivity to the success of interpersonal communication. Excerpts from the Selbstbiographie (1849) and Der arme Spielmann (1848) contextualize the lyrical text. By means of a poetological reading focused on music and poetry, a connection is to be shown that claims programmatic validity for Grillparzer’s understanding of poetry and prose: The so-called ‘struggle for coherence’ / ‘das Ringen um den Zusammenhang’.

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