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Article: Richard von Schaukal. Ein osterreichischer Dichter der Jahrhundertwende.(Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- April 1, 2001
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Richard von Schaukal. Ein osterreichischer Dichter der Jahrhundertwende. By DOMINIK PIETZCKER. (Epistemata: Reihe Literaturwissenschaft, 219.) Wurzburg: Konigshausen & Neumann. 1997. 312 pp. DM 68.
Richard Schaukal (1874-1942) gained his 'von' in the nick of time. In recognition of his distinguished career as a civil servant, he was ennobled by the Emperor Karl shortly before aristocratic titles were abolished under the First Austrian Republic. To compensate for his humble origins as son of a shopkeeper in Brunn (Brno), he had long before assumed in both his demeanour and his writing a dandified pose which led Hofmannsthal to dismiss him as 'absolut eine Null, eine ...