
A weary yet eager voice opens the memoir, confessing that the impulse to record the fierce idealism of the 1890‑1900 poet generation has been held back by a lingering lack of reverence. The narrator likens his preparation to a solitary monk’s ritual, suggesting that true creation demands a kind of inner fasting before the first line can be set down. He gently maps the transition from the dying century to a new age, recalling how countless conversations, fleeting meetings, and the restless spirit of the time have begun to blur into the shadows of memory.
From this intimate starting point the work promises a textured portrait of the poets and thinkers who wrestled with both personal longing and the turbulence of a world on the brink of change. Listeners will hear a blend of personal confession, cultural observation, and quiet reverence that paints the era’s intellectual fervor without revealing the conclusions that later unfold.
Language
de
Duration
~8 hours (498K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Norbert H. Langkau, Marc-Andre Seekamp and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2014-08-16
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1867–1918
A vivid, globe-minded voice of German Impressionism, he wrote with a painter’s eye for color, atmosphere, and fleeting emotion. His life ended far from home in Java during World War I, adding a haunting note to an already unusual literary career.
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