„Ich bin ein Oesterreicher, ich hab ein Vater- und ein Mutterland…“. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbachs Erzählung Bertram Vogelweid als Schauplatz deutsch-tschechischer Begegnungen
“I am Austrian, I have a father country and a mother country …” Marie von Ebner-Eschenbachʼs Novella Bertram Vogelweid as a Setting for German-Czech Encounters

Summary/Abstract: The protagonist of the novella “Bertram Vogelweid” (1895) by the Austrian author of Moravien origin Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916), is a Viennese writer suffering from burn-out syndrome, who encounters not only overzealous literary amateurs, but also a fanatical proponent of the Czech nationalistic movement. The article shows how Ebner-Eschenbach astutely contrasts the principle of productive creativity with the theory of (national) separation in a characterization beyond national stereotypes.

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