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[The six items below are undated as to day or
month (only as to year), and are not datable by internal evidence. They have been
assigned the above date so as to preserve their position within the diary.]
Ser. A, {6}
Gerhart Hauptmanns
„Fuhrman-Henschel“
1
(98)
Ein zwar
wahres, tieftrauriges Stück, ‒ doch leider von jeglichem Trost die Kunst entblößt.
[draft in Ser. B, p. 2]
*
Zola: „Germinal“
(1898)
Viel auch von Victor Hugo’s so grausam gehäufter u. stark vergeudeter
Romantik darin. Sucht er gerade damit Wirkung auf den Leser zu erzwingen? Jedenfalls,
trotz Wahrheitsübereifer, poetisch. [draft in
Ser. B, p. 2]
*
König
Lear v. Shakespeare
(1898)
Eine Tragödie des Alters, wohl auch
eine der Undankbarkeit. Sehnsucht nach Liebe im Menschen am größten am Anfang, u. am
Ende des Lebens, ‒ gleichsam in der Nähe des ersten u. des letzten Menschenwunders der
Geburt u. des Todes . . . Ehe man vom Leben scheidet, will man noch Liebe gleichsam als
Ersatz für die liebeleere ewige Zukunft des Nichts in Fülle, wenigstens nach Maß der
eigenen Aufnahmsfähigkeit, genießen. In des Lebens Mitte aber ist Selbstbescheidung u.
Genügsamkeit. ‒ [draft in Ser. B, p.
4]
*
Kultur
(1898)
Der Mensch lernt zwei Extremitäten beim Gehen sparen: Füße werden zu
Händen . . . Indem er durch dieses Kräfteersparnis gelernt hat, für den nächsten Tag
vorzu- Ser. A,
{7} sorgen, lernt er nun eben
auch die Zeit ersparen, die die tägliche Beschaffung der Nahrung im freien Kampf ‒ siehe
das Tierleben, ‒ sonst in Anspruch genommen hätte . . . . Wie nun aber die abgerungene
lange, freie Zeit benützen? Das allein ist das Kulturproblem! . . Ich fürchte, der
Mensch hat bereits zu lange u. zu viel g erspart,
so daß er schließlich zum Bewußtsein der Langenweile[sic] kommen mußte . . Nun lebt er
denn doch zu lange im Verhältnis zu den
Ersparnissen an Kraft offenbar denn doch zu lange! [draft in Ser. B, p. 6]
* 1898
G. Mahler
(Symph.) Aergerlich
unreif u nichtskönnend desto lächerlicher die pietätlose Prätension. [draft in Ser. B, p. 6]
* 1898
R.
Thoma (bei Mielhke). Innig, fast gläubig. [draft in Ser. B, p. 6]
*
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[The six items below are undated as to day or
month (only as to year), and are not datable by internal evidence. They have been
assigned the above date so as to preserve their position within the diary.]
Ser. A, {6}
Gerhart Hauptmann's Henschel the
Wagoner
1
(98)
An admittedly true, deeply sad play ‒ but the art is sadly destitute of
any consolation. [draft in Ser. B, p.
2]
*
Zola: Germinal
(1898)
There is much of Victor Hugo's cruelly
piled up and intensely dissipated romanticism in it. Is he trying by those means to
force an effect directly upon the reader? At any rate, despite overzealousness with the
truth, it is poetic. [draft in Ser. B, p.
2]
*
King
Lear by Shakespeare
(1898)
A tragedy of old age, perhaps also one
of ingratitude. One's longing for love is greatest at the beginning and end of one's
life ‒ as it were, in proximity to the first and last of the human miracles of birth and
death. ... Before one departs this life one still wants to enjoy love, as if in
compensation for the loveless eternal future of total oblivion, at least insofar as one
is receptive to it. In the midst of life, however, is self-imposed moderation and
frugality. [draft in Ser. B, p.
4]
*
Culture (1898)
Man
learns to dispense with two extremities when walking: feet become hands. ... In having
learned through this economy of effort to make provision for the next day, Ser. A,
{7} he now also learns to save the time that
the daily procurement of nourishment in free competition ‒ cf. the lives of animals ‒
would otherwise have demanded. ... But how is he now to put the long stretches of free
time that he has attained to good use? This in itself is the problem of culture! ... I
fear that man has already for too long dispensed with too much, such that he has finally
come face to face with boredom . ... But now, in comparison with his savings of effort,
he is evidently living too long! [draft in Ser.
B, p. 6]
* 1898
G. Mahler
(symphony) Annoyingly, immature
and incompetent, therefore its irreverent pretentiousness is all the more ridiculous ...
[draft in Ser. B, p. 6]
* 1898
R. Thoma (bei
Mielhke). Heartfelt, almost pious. [draft in
Ser. B, p. 6]
*
© Translation Ian Bent, 2017
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[The six items below are undated as to day or
month (only as to year), and are not datable by internal evidence. They have been
assigned the above date so as to preserve their position within the diary.]
Ser. A, {6}
Gerhart Hauptmanns
„Fuhrman-Henschel“
1
(98)
Ein zwar
wahres, tieftrauriges Stück, ‒ doch leider von jeglichem Trost die Kunst entblößt.
[draft in Ser. B, p. 2]
*
Zola: „Germinal“
(1898)
Viel auch von Victor Hugo’s so grausam gehäufter u. stark vergeudeter
Romantik darin. Sucht er gerade damit Wirkung auf den Leser zu erzwingen? Jedenfalls,
trotz Wahrheitsübereifer, poetisch. [draft in
Ser. B, p. 2]
*
König
Lear v. Shakespeare
(1898)
Eine Tragödie des Alters, wohl auch
eine der Undankbarkeit. Sehnsucht nach Liebe im Menschen am größten am Anfang, u. am
Ende des Lebens, ‒ gleichsam in der Nähe des ersten u. des letzten Menschenwunders der
Geburt u. des Todes . . . Ehe man vom Leben scheidet, will man noch Liebe gleichsam als
Ersatz für die liebeleere ewige Zukunft des Nichts in Fülle, wenigstens nach Maß der
eigenen Aufnahmsfähigkeit, genießen. In des Lebens Mitte aber ist Selbstbescheidung u.
Genügsamkeit. ‒ [draft in Ser. B, p.
4]
*
Kultur
(1898)
Der Mensch lernt zwei Extremitäten beim Gehen sparen: Füße werden zu
Händen . . . Indem er durch dieses Kräfteersparnis gelernt hat, für den nächsten Tag
vorzu- Ser. A,
{7} sorgen, lernt er nun eben
auch die Zeit ersparen, die die tägliche Beschaffung der Nahrung im freien Kampf ‒ siehe
das Tierleben, ‒ sonst in Anspruch genommen hätte . . . . Wie nun aber die abgerungene
lange, freie Zeit benützen? Das allein ist das Kulturproblem! . . Ich fürchte, der
Mensch hat bereits zu lange u. zu viel g erspart,
so daß er schließlich zum Bewußtsein der Langenweile[sic] kommen mußte . . Nun lebt er
denn doch zu lange im Verhältnis zu den
Ersparnissen an Kraft offenbar denn doch zu lange! [draft in Ser. B, p. 6]
* 1898
G. Mahler
(Symph.) Aergerlich
unreif u nichtskönnend desto lächerlicher die pietätlose Prätension. [draft in Ser. B, p. 6]
* 1898
R.
Thoma (bei Mielhke). Innig, fast gläubig. [draft in Ser. B, p. 6]
*
© Transcription Ian Bent, 2017
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[The six items below are undated as to day or
month (only as to year), and are not datable by internal evidence. They have been
assigned the above date so as to preserve their position within the diary.]
Ser. A, {6}
Gerhart Hauptmann's Henschel the
Wagoner
1
(98)
An admittedly true, deeply sad play ‒ but the art is sadly destitute of
any consolation. [draft in Ser. B, p.
2]
*
Zola: Germinal
(1898)
There is much of Victor Hugo's cruelly
piled up and intensely dissipated romanticism in it. Is he trying by those means to
force an effect directly upon the reader? At any rate, despite overzealousness with the
truth, it is poetic. [draft in Ser. B, p.
2]
*
King
Lear by Shakespeare
(1898)
A tragedy of old age, perhaps also one
of ingratitude. One's longing for love is greatest at the beginning and end of one's
life ‒ as it were, in proximity to the first and last of the human miracles of birth and
death. ... Before one departs this life one still wants to enjoy love, as if in
compensation for the loveless eternal future of total oblivion, at least insofar as one
is receptive to it. In the midst of life, however, is self-imposed moderation and
frugality. [draft in Ser. B, p.
4]
*
Culture (1898)
Man
learns to dispense with two extremities when walking: feet become hands. ... In having
learned through this economy of effort to make provision for the next day, Ser. A,
{7} he now also learns to save the time that
the daily procurement of nourishment in free competition ‒ cf. the lives of animals ‒
would otherwise have demanded. ... But how is he now to put the long stretches of free
time that he has attained to good use? This in itself is the problem of culture! ... I
fear that man has already for too long dispensed with too much, such that he has finally
come face to face with boredom . ... But now, in comparison with his savings of effort,
he is evidently living too long! [draft in Ser.
B, p. 6]
* 1898
G. Mahler
(symphony) Annoyingly, immature
and incompetent, therefore its irreverent pretentiousness is all the more ridiculous ...
[draft in Ser. B, p. 6]
* 1898
R. Thoma (bei
Mielhke). Heartfelt, almost pious. [draft in
Ser. B, p. 6]
*
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Footnotes
1 Hauptmann's five-act naturalistic-realist play, set in
the 1860s, was written in 1897‒98, first performed in Berlin on November 5, 1898, and
first published in 1899. The première was reviewed in the Neue
freie Presse for November 6 (p. 9), and reported the play's success
with the public, briefly outlining the plot. The basis for Schenker's comments is
unclear: did they come from a detailed newspaper report; or is this entry misdated
and did he write it after reading the text in 1899?
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