Abstract
Literary history can easily and quickly pass over important writers, or leave them behind because times and tastes change, or because individual poets or playwrights no longer fit into a certain cultural and political framework. This is the case with the Austrian writer Karl Heinrich Waggerl (1897–1973), who was very well known during his later years and was admired far and wide for his insightful, humorous, and meditative short stories, calendar narratives, aphorisms, and novels. Today, however, he no longer has any presence in the relevant literary histories. This article analyzes some of the central motifs in Waggerl's work and highlights timeless aspects that would justify a reorientation toward his texts. To some extent, he could be called an ecocritic avant la lettre.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 263-275 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Orbis Litterarum |
Volume | 73 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2018 |
Keywords
- Christmas stories
- Karl Heinrich Waggerl
- Wagrainer Tagebuch
- ecocriticism
- village and nature
- wisdom literature
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Literature and Literary Theory