back
which gave me an overall feeling of taedium¹⁷. In turn, I also failed to reflect upon and answer one of your letters, which is inexcusable.” The following sentence indicates that he wanted to console Czischke with a small communicative gesture: “I have a question in a similar context [as an editor: author’s note], I would like to know if you have worked on other projects like Caliban,...". Unfortunately, he ended up exactly where Czischke never saw himself, in the collection/categorisation as a specialist in reproductions. He described an opportunity to work with Jugend & Volk publishing house and the publisher of this company’s “protocols”, Otto Breicha.¹⁸ This is where the correspondence comes to an end.
It is important to mention the 1975 window exhibition at Buchhandlung Walther König bookstore. Several photos and an invitation to the opening¹⁹ are included in the archive.
¹Caliban über Setebos, letter/concept from 7 December 1975 to literature professor and A.S. authority Drews ²Dr Uta F. Miksche: “„Jörg Czischke – Einführung in sein Werk unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des ‚Caliban über Setebos‘“ (“Introduction to his work with special consideration of "Caliban über Setebos””), O. J. ³Quote from a personal message to the author (e-mail) from the Arno Schmidt news group ⁴Duden – “Das Fremdwörterbuch: Kon|t|ra|fak|tur die; -, -en (lat.-nlat.):
religious adaptation of a secular song (and vice versa) to the same melody … .” ⁵http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsismus ⁶ ⁷ ⁸Letter/concept from 7 December 1975 to literature expert Jörg Drews ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹Ernst Krawehl, Arno Schmidt editor at publishers Stahlberg und S. Fischer Verlag since August 1955 ¹²Typewritten, signed letter from Krawehl to Czischke from 28 July 1975 ¹³ ¹⁴Typewritten, signed letter from Krawehl to Czischke from 20 August 1975 ¹⁵Typewritten message in letter form from 21 January 1976 ¹⁶Typewritten letter from 5 May 1981 ¹⁷taedium = disgust (with life) ¹⁸http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Breicha ¹⁹Invitation “Debut ‚Caliban über Setebos’ Paraphrast Jörg Czischke“ 5-10 November 1975
It is important to mention the 1975 window exhibition at Buchhandlung Walther König bookstore. Several photos and an invitation to the opening¹⁹ are included in the archive.
¹Caliban über Setebos, letter/concept from 7 December 1975 to literature professor and A.S. authority Drews ²Dr Uta F. Miksche: “„Jörg Czischke – Einführung in sein Werk unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des ‚Caliban über Setebos‘“ (“Introduction to his work with special consideration of "Caliban über Setebos””), O. J. ³Quote from a personal message to the author (e-mail) from the Arno Schmidt news group ⁴Duden – “Das Fremdwörterbuch: Kon|t|ra|fak|tur die; -, -en (lat.-nlat.):
religious adaptation of a secular song (and vice versa) to the same melody … .” ⁵http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsismus ⁶ ⁷ ⁸Letter/concept from 7 December 1975 to literature expert Jörg Drews ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹Ernst Krawehl, Arno Schmidt editor at publishers Stahlberg und S. Fischer Verlag since August 1955 ¹²Typewritten, signed letter from Krawehl to Czischke from 28 July 1975 ¹³ ¹⁴Typewritten, signed letter from Krawehl to Czischke from 20 August 1975 ¹⁵Typewritten message in letter form from 21 January 1976 ¹⁶Typewritten letter from 5 May 1981 ¹⁷taedium = disgust (with life) ¹⁸http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Breicha ¹⁹Invitation “Debut ‚Caliban über Setebos’ Paraphrast Jörg Czischke“ 5-10 November 1975