15.
. ...
1:„ „
1
appreed in the periodicals treated in this essay. Kurt Arm
staten: "Im Reigen haben wir ein wichtiges Kulturdokument unsrer
spoche, weil es unverfälscht die besondere Art eines ihrer fort-
adresse
geschrittensten Glieder zeigt. (53)
That Reigen was widely read after its release in 1903 is
shown by peatisties about the most read books in the German lan-
guage, autumn 1902-1903 compiled from 107 100n libraries and
"Lesezirkeln" (54) Schnitzler was one of theKuthors vhose book
(Reigen) was read most often in the following eities:
Chemnitz
Allenstein
Dresden
Berlin (3 Libraries)
Eisensoh
Bielitz
Prag
Breslau (2 libraries)
Wien
Brünn
These date show that his book was read in all parts of
P.S.
German speaking Europe. (55)
In 1913, the Akademisch-dramatischer Verein in Munich staged
three soenes from Reigen. The howl of protest was heard in Northern
ny. The presentation was called "eine'vertrauliche' Schil-
derung recht übelriechenden Stoffes. (56) Why the Verein presented
these scenes was completely untelligible to the oritios. (57) Leo
Greiner, who redewed the prese utation for Das Literarische scho
gave, what seems to me, the actual reason why Reigen is not parti-
cularly adopted for the stage. He said, "Diese fidchtigen Bilder,
tiven Maximihenenden. who found it
Das Literarische Echo, VI, 513, January 1, 1904.
53.
Das Literarische Echo, VI, 513-14, January 1, 1904.
54.
55. It is interesting to note that in this survey the wast widely
read books were Beyerlin, Jena oder Sedan. (81 libraries)
Frau von Heyking, Briefe, die ihn nicht erreichten, (78 libraries
31.
and Thoman Mann, Buddenbrooks. (35 libreries) out of the 107
contributing Gtat 18tics.
inatwart, XVI, 380, July 1903.
(bid. 382.
567.