2b
44
miss any of the immoral passages. Sumner lenied the request,
since he would need the book for the Grand Jury trial. The very
fact that this attitude was taken proves unmistakably that re-
viewers upheld the book. Theyagennted for the attack on the book,
"It must have been Casanova's reputation which quesered the
book in the eyes of the watch-and-warders, for the story itself
saying,
isn’t in the least objectionable.” (1)ietrover reviewers arged,
"Vice is not made attractive. The dregs of the sensualist's cup
"It is difficult to discern what there
are dregs indeed,” (2)
(3) "Schnitzler
was about the book that so roused the censors,
has touched on this theme of senescence before but it reached
magnificent heights in Casanova's Homecoming, an [exquisite] work
of art. No one of intelligence could call it an obscene book. It
is Schnitzler's best book. Here he realizes all his great powers (4)
and the result is an tutstanding achievement in modern literature,
and the New York Herald Tribune of September 26, 1930 quotes
Roy W. Howard as saying, "It is hard to believe that any sensible
elean-minded person could find anything offensive in the book. It
is difficult to believe that its circulation would be anything
other than a service to art and understanding.” The style and
technique were frequently kremarked upon: "It is an exquisitely
ironio observation of the great lower in his advanced years, (5)
"Schnitzler's Casanova is an hispiration. This episode is a
literary gem of consummate brilliance, (6) "written with that
masterful insight into human nature wnich Schnitzler so uniquely
possesses, Casanova's Homecoming is a document worthy of preser-
"The beauty of the novel lies in its writing.
vation." (7)
Schnitzler, as always, is a prose master. Immaculate perfection
marks his literary creation, no matter how maculate its subject.
No one who is subject to the charm of limpid fluid prose should
The story is written
(8)
neglect this imagine work of art,
in the scintillating style of the eighteenth century and might
well be an adventure taken from the memoirs themselves. Mr.
Schnitzler's book is a work of art capturing us in the delicate
c.
(Sioux City), Aug. 19, 1930.
Journal
1.
1/4 Columbia, South Carolina), Aug. 17, 1930.
sen. (South Band, Ind.), Nov. 23, 1930, by W. Willey.
lower.
lly Sun. Nov. 26, 1930.
Lornel
Vineinnäti, Ohio), Sept. 23, 1930.
Neus. (St. Paul, Minn.), Sept. 7, 1930.
1930, by A.B.H.
University daily Newa. Oct. 7
w. 101
s.) Kines. (Louleville, Ky.). Kug. 30. 1930.
44
miss any of the immoral passages. Sumner lenied the request,
since he would need the book for the Grand Jury trial. The very
fact that this attitude was taken proves unmistakably that re-
viewers upheld the book. Theyagennted for the attack on the book,
"It must have been Casanova's reputation which quesered the
book in the eyes of the watch-and-warders, for the story itself
saying,
isn’t in the least objectionable.” (1)ietrover reviewers arged,
"Vice is not made attractive. The dregs of the sensualist's cup
"It is difficult to discern what there
are dregs indeed,” (2)
(3) "Schnitzler
was about the book that so roused the censors,
has touched on this theme of senescence before but it reached
magnificent heights in Casanova's Homecoming, an [exquisite] work
of art. No one of intelligence could call it an obscene book. It
is Schnitzler's best book. Here he realizes all his great powers (4)
and the result is an tutstanding achievement in modern literature,
and the New York Herald Tribune of September 26, 1930 quotes
Roy W. Howard as saying, "It is hard to believe that any sensible
elean-minded person could find anything offensive in the book. It
is difficult to believe that its circulation would be anything
other than a service to art and understanding.” The style and
technique were frequently kremarked upon: "It is an exquisitely
ironio observation of the great lower in his advanced years, (5)
"Schnitzler's Casanova is an hispiration. This episode is a
literary gem of consummate brilliance, (6) "written with that
masterful insight into human nature wnich Schnitzler so uniquely
possesses, Casanova's Homecoming is a document worthy of preser-
"The beauty of the novel lies in its writing.
vation." (7)
Schnitzler, as always, is a prose master. Immaculate perfection
marks his literary creation, no matter how maculate its subject.
No one who is subject to the charm of limpid fluid prose should
The story is written
(8)
neglect this imagine work of art,
in the scintillating style of the eighteenth century and might
well be an adventure taken from the memoirs themselves. Mr.
Schnitzler's book is a work of art capturing us in the delicate
c.
(Sioux City), Aug. 19, 1930.
Journal
1.
1/4 Columbia, South Carolina), Aug. 17, 1930.
sen. (South Band, Ind.), Nov. 23, 1930, by W. Willey.
lower.
lly Sun. Nov. 26, 1930.
Lornel
Vineinnäti, Ohio), Sept. 23, 1930.
Neus. (St. Paul, Minn.), Sept. 7, 1930.
1930, by A.B.H.
University daily Newa. Oct. 7
w. 101
s.) Kines. (Louleville, Ky.). Kug. 30. 1930.