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The Philosophical Worldview Artist: 7/1/15 - 8/1/15
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist. Weltanschauungskunst für alle Weltanschauer. Monday, July 06, 2015. A Translation of Thomas Bernhard's Correspondence with His Publisher, Siegfried Unseld. Part XIV: 1976 and 1977. Letter No. 332. February 3, 1976. Dear Thomas Bernhard,. I am writing to inform you of the publication of the film-scenario. In the suhrkamp taschenbücher. We are printing a run of 10,000 copies; the retail price is. DM 400. Distribution will be handled by Residenz Publications. I am quite p...
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist: 3/1/15 - 4/1/15
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist. Weltanschauungskunst für alle Weltanschauer. Wednesday, March 11, 2015. A Translation of "Als ich Verstörung« von Thomas Bernhard las" by Peter Handke. When I Read Gargoyles. When the two of them arrived at the castle, they were afforded a view extending for literally hundreds of kilometers. The prince talked as if his life depended on it. He repeated many of the same phrases over and over again, varying nothing but their word-order. To his interminable general...Whate...
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist: 7/1/14 - 8/1/14
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist. Weltanschauungskunst für alle Weltanschauer. Monday, July 28, 2014. A Translation of Die Serapionsbrüder. By E T. A. Hoffmann. Part Two. 8216;The man of whom I about to speak,’ began Theodor,. Is none other than Councilor Krespel in H- - . 8221; “Gangway! There-a smaller window three feet high and two feet wide! 8221; he asked in an unpleasant, drawling, lyrical voice. The professor quickly intervened: from the look he cast at his niece, I gathered that she had tou...
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist: A Translation of Thomas Bernhard's Correspondence with His Publisher, Siegfried Unseld. Part XV: 1978 and 1979.
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist. Weltanschauungskunst für alle Weltanschauer. Tuesday, August 04, 2015. A Translation of Thomas Bernhard's Correspondence with His Publisher, Siegfried Unseld. Part XV: 1978 and 1979. Letter No. 358. Dear Siegfried Unseld,. I have been in Ohlsdorf for two days and am having a rough time acclimatizing myself to the abominableness of the Alps, but this will pass. I didn’t find anything from you here apart from the. Telegram. I had compelling reasons for wishing. Behind me...
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist: 12/1/14 - 1/1/15
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist. Weltanschauungskunst für alle Weltanschauer. Wednesday, December 10, 2014. A Translation of Thomas Bernhard's Correspondence with His Publisher, Siegfried Unseld. Part VIII: 1970. Letter No. 103. January 13, 1970. Dear Mr. Bernhard,. A few days ago I sent you the new schedules of Insel and Suhrkamp for the first half of the forthcoming year as well as a new prospectus for Bibliothek Suhrkamp. Enclosure 1: Letter from Unseld to Hans Lietzau]. January 7, 1970. With frien...
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist: 11/1/14 - 12/1/14
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist. Weltanschauungskunst für alle Weltanschauer. Thursday, November 06, 2014. A Translation of Thomas Bernhard's Correspondence with His Publisher, Siegfried Unseld. Part VII: 1969. Letter No. 57. Dear Dr. Unseld,. I believe you can painlessly resolve to bump up the price of my play from two thousand to three thousand. Please send your reply on this matter to this address. Yours very sincerely,. Letter No. 58. January 8, 1969. Dear Mr. Bernhard,. A Party for Boris. The que...
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist: A Translation of "Zu meinem Austritt" by Thomas Bernhard
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist. Weltanschauungskunst für alle Weltanschauer. Friday, March 07, 2014. A Translation of "Zu meinem Austritt" by Thomas Bernhard. On My Exit [1]. Basically all these state-funded, traveling title-bearers come together after a year of mutual collegial acrimony for the sake of boring each other to tears for yet another week in. The literary chit-chat in the lobbies of the hotels of little old. But somebody will say that the. To the Academy for Language and Literature—...
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist: 5/1/14 - 6/1/14
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist. Weltanschauungskunst für alle Weltanschauer. Tuesday, May 27, 2014. A Translation of "Bernhards Plädoyer," a 1984 letter from Thomas Bernhard to the editors of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. On the lawsuit in Vienna. A year ago, when he nodded at me. Then, at the airport at Frankfurt am Main a couple of weeks ago, when he nodded at me. Mr. Haider nodded and waved and immediately looked down at the floor. The court is confiscating on the additional evidence of an e...
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist: 5/1/15 - 6/1/15
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist. Weltanschauungskunst für alle Weltanschauer. Thursday, May 28, 2015. Against Intralingual Diversity (A Boswellian-Johnsonian Syllabus- Part III). Yet again—i.e., for the ninth or tenth time in at least as many years- I am obliged to begin an essay on a personal note. I say (or, rather, write) “obliged,” because it is not for want of having tried to. Personal note, and indeed in this case to continue on that selfsame impersonal note (or, rather,. Deprecate, although I d...
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist: A Translation of a Letter from Thomas Bernhard to the President of the German Academy for Language and Literature
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The Philosophical Worldview Artist. Weltanschauungskunst für alle Weltanschauer. Friday, March 07, 2014. A Translation of a Letter from Thomas Bernhard to the President of the German Academy for Language and Literature. To the president of the. For Language and Literature [1]. Crete, 11.22.1979. Dear most honored Mr. President,. In the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Yours, with best wishes,. 1] Editors’ note. First published (in abridged form) in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The newspaper announc...