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Part 11. Narentive Works
The next decede divides quite naturally into two period,
1920-1924 and1925-1930. It will be remembered that there had
been a considerable falling off with regard to Schnitzler's re-
ception on the United States in 1919. From 1919-1923 there were
no books which spoke of Schnitzler. Consequently, the whole
burden of restering Schnitzler to his one-time pourlarity seemed
to rest on the publisheders. Everyone knows the publichers may be
relied on to print what theirspaders demand, and fortunately
theyarrignized "what the people wanted". The first five years
of this last lecede, 1920-1930, may be viewed as a second
"warming-up period", as a period during which the name of Schnitzler
pieked up so much momentum that it has sped straight ahead, not
even being halted by Mr. Sumner. Ever since 1915 when Simon and
Schuster became the chief America publishers for Schnitzler his
reputation has been family established.
The entire decide is marked by private performances and pri-
vate printings for subsoribers only. In some cases this was ob-
viously done because of fear of suppression. This is not quite
so necessary now, since Casanova's Homecoming, one of the books
originally printed for subscribers only, has been vindicated by
theAourts; but, it is still a violation of the law to sell
Hands Around. Another distinguishing future of this deonde is
that more and more one play or one story by Schnitsler is singled
out to take its place in a collection, inside the best that has
been offered by kontemporary author the world over.