Samuel Frederick

The Swiss writer Robert Walser (1878-1956) is now recognized as one of the most important European authors of the modernist period, having garnered high praise from such prominent voices as Susan Sontag, W. G. Sebald, and J. M. Coetzee. Robert Walser: A Companion is the first comprehensive guide to Walser's work in English. The twelve essays in this collection examine Walser's literary output,historical milieu, and idiosyncratic writing process, addressing aspects of his biography; show more discussing the various genres in which he wrote (the novel, short prose, drama, lyric poetry, and letters); and analyzing his best-known novels and short stories alongside lesser-known but no less fascinating poems, plays,and prose pieces.

An essential addition to the scholarship about this eccentric, prolific, and influential writer's work, Robert Walser: A Companion will be of interest both to established scholars and to those coming to Walser for the first time. show less

I certainly loved this book and will revisit it from time to time. It is an inspiration to read such well-thought ideas about at least two of my favorite writers of all-time. My own thoughts regarding this master work and how it judiciously affected me in matters concerning a more personal accounting can be read here, if you are so inclined:

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