Autograph Letter Signed, in German, 4to, Vienna, June 12, 1850.
GRILLPARZER, FRANZ (1791-1872) Austrian dramatic poet, who was essentially a dramatist. His lyric poetry is in the intensity of its personal note, and the bitterness of his later years found expression in biting and stinging epigrams that spared few of his contemporaries.
ÒMy friend Holtai [Karl, writer] told me to send you a few lines of my handwriting, probably with the idea of having an album as an autograph collection. Following his wish, I am enclosing a page and I take the liberty of sending you my respects, even though we never met.Ó Boldly signed, ÒGrillparzerÓ. (Item ID: 839)
$1,250.00
Grillparzer's brooding, unbalanced temperament, his lack of will-power, his pessimistic renunciation and the bitterness which his self-imposed martyrdom produced in him, made him peculiarly adapted to express the mood of Austria in the 1840Õs. A scarce letter.
