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A contribution to: Working Papers in the Humanities 1

Edited by Astrid Ensslin and Jennifer Shepherd

MHRA Working Papers in the Humanities 1

Modern Humanities Research Association

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Abstract.  My paper looks at the critical reception of Schnitzler’s works in Vienna from 1890 to 1931 as documented in his press cuttings collection. Although the focus of my doctoral study is the significance of the question of Jewish identity, Schnitzler’s associations with the Jung Wien literary group clearly played an important role in shaping the reception of his early works and this is the focus of my first chapter. By addressing the following questions, this paper will explore to what extent and in what ways the critical reception of Schnitzler’s early works Anatol and Liebelei was affected by his associations with the Jung Wien, and what, if any, impact this had on his subsequent critical reception: firstly, it will assess the role that Schnitzler played in the Jung Wien and the relative importance of the group for Schnitzler’s literary development; secondly, it will examine the significance of his being labelled a representative of both specifically modern and specifically Viennese literature; finally it will evaluate how, together with his identity as a Jewish writer, his links with the Jung Wien group were detrimental to the critical reception of his works in Vienna throughout his lifetime.

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