@article {Koch562, author = {Michael L. Koch}, title = {Reinvigorating Albert Ehrenstein{\textquoteright}s Tubutsch through Nietzsche{\textquoteright}s {\textquotedblleft}Eternal Return of the Same{\textquotedblright}}, volume = {109}, number = {4}, pages = {562--582}, year = {2017}, doi = {10.3368/m.109.4.562}, publisher = {University of Wisconsin Press}, abstract = {Albert Ehrenstein was widely published in the early 20th century but is now read so rarely as to be considered one of Austria{\textquoteright}s {\textquotedblleft}forgotten{\textquotedblright} literary figures. His early prose work Tubutsch comprises a justifiably popular exception thanks to its remarkable proto-existentialist undertones. Like many writers classified as {\textquotedblleft}Expressionist,{\textquotedblright} Ehrenstein{\textquoteright}s works reveal some signs of Nietzsche{\textquoteright}s influence. Indeed, Ehrenstein appears to make a direct reference to the {\textquotedblleft}eternal return of the same,{\textquotedblright} Nietzsche{\textquoteright}s difficult {\textquotedblleft}thought of thoughts,{\textquotedblright} in Tubutsch. Ehrenstein{\textquoteright}s indirect and seemingly discursive, even humorous, approach to the {\textquotedblleft}ewige Wiederkehr des Gleichen{\textquotedblright} might offer an alternative to dealing with troublesome philosophical matters like Nietzsche{\textquoteright}s. Language has limitations when attempting to describe explicitly such cogitations, and when the {\textquotedblleft}ewige Wiederkehr{\textquotedblright} is mentioned in Tubutsch, Ehrenstein implicitly suggests that some mediation is required to communicate the {\textquotedblleft}thought of thoughts{\textquotedblright}{\textemdash}such as metaphors, intoxication, questioning, humor, and/or non-verbal, visual arts.}, issn = {0026-9271}, URL = {https://mon.uwpress.org/content/109/4/562}, eprint = {https://mon.uwpress.org/content/109/4/562.full.pdf}, journal = {Monatshefte} }