Friedrich Nietzsche’s Impact on Modern German Literature COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ImUNCI Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures From 1949 to 2004, UNC Press and the UNC Department of Germanic & Slavic Languages and Literatures published the UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures series. Monographs, anthologies, and critical editions in the series covered an array of topics including medieval and modern literature, theater, linguistics, philology, onomastics, and the history of ideas. Through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, books in the series have been reissued in new paperback and open access digital editions. For a complete list of books visit www.uncpress.org. Friedrich Nietzsche’s Impact on Modern German Literature Five Essays herbert w. reichert UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures Number 84 Copyright © 1975 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons cc by-nc-nd license. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons. org/licenses. Suggested citation: Reichert, Herbert W. Friedrich Nietzsche’s Impact on Modern German Literature: Five Essays. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1975. doi: https://doi.org/ 10.5149/9781469658193_Reichert Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Reichert, Herbert W. Title: Friedrich Nietzsche’s impact on modern German literature : Five essays / by Herbert W. Reichert. Other titles: University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures ; no. 84. Description: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1975] Series: University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures. Identifiers: lccn 75005995 | isbn 978-1-4696-5818-6 (pbk: alk. paper) | isbn 978-1-4696-5819-3 (ebook) Subjects: Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 — Influence. | German literature — 20th century — History and criticism. | Negativity (Philosophy) in literature. | Philosophy in literature. Classification: lcc pt2440.n72 z79 | dcc 193 “Nietzschean Influence in Musil’sDer Mann ohne Eigenschaften” was originally published in The German Quarterly, Vol. 39, No. 1, 1966. Chapter 1 was originally published as “The Ethical Import of the Artist in the works of Arthur Schnitzler” in the Journal of Austrian Studies 6 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press), and is reprinted here by permission. “Nietzsche and Georg Kaiser” was originally published in Studies in Philology, Vol. 61, No. 1, 1964. Contents A Tribute to Herbert W. Reichert lX Tabula Gratulatoria Xl Acknowledgments XlX Introduction I Nietzsche's Geniemoral and Schnitzler's Ethics 4 Nietzsche und Carl Stemheim 29 Nietzsche and Georg Kaiser 51 Nietzschean Influence in Musil's Der Mann ohne Eigenschajten 73 The Impact of Nietzsche on Hermann Hesse 88 The Writings of Herbert W. Reichert II9 A Tribute to Herbert W. Reichert When in the fall of 1974 it became increasingly clear that Herbert W. Reichert's health was rapidly deteriorating and that he would not be physically able to carry on either his teaching duties or his scholarly activ­ ities in the spring of 1975, his colleagues and friends began to explore ways of honoring him for his many contributions to both the field of Germanics and the Department of Germanic Languages at Chapel Hill. Fortunately, Professor Reichert, who was unaware that some of his colleagues were pondering a Festschrift in his honor, indicated his wish to issue in book form some of his previously published essays dealing with Nietzsche's influence on five modern German authors. As he realized, time would not permit him to carry out his original design of completing a comprehensive study of Nietzsche's impact on all the major modern German authors. These five essays then, although originally intended as building blocks for an edifice that must now remain unfinished, form the core of the present Festschrift. In their essentially unaltered form-editorial revisions and emendations have been kept to a minimum-Professor Reichert's essays reflect both his concentration on one area of research and his critical acumen in the application of one single methodological approach. Anyone familiar with Herbert Reichert's research with regard to Nietzsche knows that he did not confine himself to interpretive studies; in fact, he had to engage in some pioneering and laborious spade-work, which resulted in the Inter­ national Nietzsche Bibliography (1st ed. 1960; co-editor Karl Schlechta), before he could begin formulating his influence studies. His endeavors were duly recognized when he was named the American representative of the German Nietzsche Society in 1957 and, one year later, was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship which enabled him to continue his research on Nietzsche. The appended bibliography of Herbert W. Reichert's writings attests to his wide range of interest. Indeed, his contributions are so numerous that only a very few can be mentioned here. There are two authors who, next to Nietzsche, attracted Professor Reichert's special attention. His interest in the Austrian dramatist Arthur Schnitzler led to his affiliation with the International Arthur Schnitzler Research Association, an organization which he served as Vice President. But the writer who first stimulated his lX intellectual curiosity and who continued to occupy him was the Swiss poet and novelist Gottfried Keller. In 1949, two years after Herbert Reichert had come to Chapel Hill as an Assistant Professor, his Basic Concepts in the Philosophy of Gottfried Keller was published as volume I of the "University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures." It is only appropriate that now, more than 25 years and 80 volumes later, a book honoring Professor Reichert should appear in the same monograph series which he helped initiate and to which he gave his unstinting support both as a member of the Publication Committee and as chairman of the Department. Even a cursory survey of Herbert Reichert's scholarly achievements would not be complete without mentioning his pedagogical endeavors. His desire to promote the study of German and to enrich and supplement the academic curriculum is evident from his editions ofreaders for advanced students, articles on pedagogy, the direction of plays in German, the presentation of courses in German on television, and the enlivening of Oktobeifeste and similar departmental festivities with accordion music. It came hardly as a surprise that, in recognition of his outstanding contribu­ tions to the teaching of German, Herbert Reichert was elected national President of Delta Phi Alpha and, in 1970, became a permanent honorary member of that organization. In honoring the scholar and teacher one should not overlook those traits ofHerbert Reichert which endear him to his students, colleagues, and friends. As a man who refused to be confined to the ivory tower of aca­ demia, he participated in life to the fullest extent. As a vigorous and enthusiastic outdoorsman he excelled in competitive sailing, enjoyed skiing with his family, and occasionally taught students and colleagues-often many years his juniors-a healthy lesson in tennis. The same Joie de vivre or, more appropriately, Lebenefreude may be gleaned from Herbert Reichert's translations and adaptations of "ribald" tales for popular magazines-a pursuit in which he forsook the well-trodden paths of scholarly writing in favor of more unconventional modes of expression. In dedicating this volume to Herbert W. Reichert we pay tribute to a colleague and friend, who, as a man, a teacher, and a scholar has so richly contributed to the life of the profession in general and to the growth of this Department in particular. Chapel Hill, N. C. Siegfried Mews, Editor, UNCSGL&L February 1975 Christoph E. Schweitzer Sidney R. Smith X Tabula Gratulatoria Walter Arndt Hermann Boeschenstein Dartmouth College McGill University Hanover, New Hampshire Montreal, Canada Armin Arnold Elizabeth E. Bohning McGill University University of Delaware Montreal, Canada Newark Anne F. Baecker Frank L. Borchardt University of North Carolina Duke University Greensboro Durham, North Carolina Max Lorenz Baeumer Joseph E. Bourgeois University of Wisconsin Xavier University Madison Cincinnati, Ohio Judy Bartenstein Wilhelm Braun University of North Carolina University of Rochester Chapel Hill Rochester, New York Kurt Bergel George C. Buck Chapman College University of Washington Orange, California Seattle Harry Bergholz Emmi Colton University of North Carolina University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Chapel Hill Jeffrey B. Berlin Horst S. Daemmrich State University of New York Wayne State University Binghamton Detroit, Michigan Norman H. Binger Willard Ticknor Daetsch University of Kentucky Ithaca College Lexington Ithaca, New York Xl W. Grant Dahlstrom Werner P. Friederich University of North Carolina University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Chapel Hill Donald George Daviau Norbert Fuerst University of California Indiana University Riverside Bloomington Barbara Eger Alice Carol Gaar University of North Carolina Auburn University Chapel Hill Auburn, Alabama William Eickhorst Robert and Valerie Greenberg Unicoi High School University of North Carolina Erwin, Tennessee Chapel Hill Graydon L. Ekdahl Reinhold Grimm University of North Carolina University of Wisconsin Chapel Hill Madison Raymond A. English Doris Starr Guilloton University of North Carolina New York University Chapel Hill New York Hansford M. Epes, Jr. Donald