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| | The Mumpsimus |
 | | Lenz, though, is a work I have already read in a couple of different translations, and it's short, so I was able to read the entire book in a few days. |
 | | Buchner's story, here translated admirably by Richard Sieburth, is based on some moments in the life of Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751-1792), a contemporary of Goethe who is best remembered, if he is remembered at all, for two plays, The Tutor and The Soldiers, both of which are minor masterpieces. |
 | | Lenz also wrote poetry, essays, and an epistolary poem, but they haven't garnered much attention over the years, at least not in the U.S.) Lenz seems to have suffered from schizophrenia, and his erratic behavior, delusions, and suicide attempts are the primary focus of Buchner's story. |
| mumpsimus.blogspot.com /2005/04/lenz-stream-of-dreamfulness.html (994 words) |
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