25.
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öuch personal attacks were never found in Berlin. Even the
novel, Der Weg ins Freie, which did concern itself with the Semitio
question to some extent did not bring forth such denunciatory criti-
oiens as those just mentioned. On the contrary, the question, when
reised at all, was treated in a favorable manner, as shown by Erich
Schmidt’s review quoted above. (94)
In the case of Professor Bernhardi again, the subject matter
itself might perceivably have called forth more personal.reactions
of an unfavorable nature, but instead most of the orities were ob-
jective andinened. Thus onedenewer vrote in the following
vein: "Mehrere getaufte wie ungetaufste Juden gelingen ihm, so wie
ein paar Arier, -- schlechterdings famos. Nur der Titelheld ist,
genau wie sein Name, bei weitem nicht jüdisch genug geraten. (95)
The Berlin oritios generallyarrignized andauspreciated the
outstanding qualities of Schnitzler's simple pet forceful style and
his ability to lay bare human emotions. Perhaps because of the fact
that they vrote for periodical publications instead of for daily
newspapers, they seem to have felt the obligation to be impersonal
and objective in their judgment. On the basis of the material util-
ized for this study, it seems safe to say that Schnitzler's reception
in Berlin was more lniformly favorable than in his notice vienna.
Verlag
94. Die Deutsche Rundschau, CXXXVII, 314, February, 1909.
95. Die Schöne Literatur, XIV. 9. October 28. 1912.