Bunte Steine: Ein Festgeschenk - 23

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unverdrossen gegangen -- im »Nachsommer« ist die Höhe gewonnen und
»Katzensilber« ist der Vorbote. Der Stoff dieser Geschichte vom braunen
Mädchen ist karg, die Handlung fast Nebensache, alles ist zur Form
verdichtet, zur Form, der der Dichter nie genug tun zu können glaubte.
In dieser Erzählung stehen Sätze von einer vollkommenen Epik; es sind
die langen Perioden, deren scheinbare Überflüssigkeit oft belächelt
wird; so z. B. wenn der Weg beschrieben wird, der vom hohen Nußberg nach
Hause führte, oder wenn der Hausrat aufgezählt oder wenn geschildert
wird, wie die Mutter den Kindern, einem nach dem andern der Reihe nach,
Erdbeeren auf die Teller legt -- da ist das Wesen der Erzählung zum
Ausdruck seiner selbst gelangt. Das Gegenständliche tritt so sehr
zurück, daß z. B. die Hauptfigur in ihrer tatsächlichen Existenz völlig
unerklärt bleibt, wodurch nun ein Mythisch-Geheimnisvolles leise in die
Welt der Wirklichkeiten eindringt, um endlich ebenso still und
rätselhaft diese Welt wieder zu verlassen. Unvergleichlich aber ist der
erste Teil, in dem das Gehen der Menschenkinder, das Gehen der
Jahreszeiten und der Jahre mit den einfachsten Mitteln gestaltet ist.
»Wäre alles so, wie die ersten Bogen von 'Katzensilber', oder wie einige
Partien des alten Pfarrers -- was könnte das für ein Buch sein!« Das war
das eigene Urteil des Dichters.
Es ist schon erwähnt worden, daß »Bergmilch« seine Eigenart am wenigsten
verrät. Es ist eine früh entstandene, für eine Zeitschrift verfaßte
Erzählung, die nur aus äußeren Gründen den »Bunten Steinen« angegliedert
wurde. Freilich enthält auch sie manches Schöne; wie glücklich ist
allein das Motiv des weißen Mantels und seiner Wirkung durchgeführt --
in einer höchst kriegerischen Szene regt sich ein junges Mädchenherz und
die Liebesandeutung spinnt sich unterirdisch durch die Geschichte
weiter. Was aber das Auszeichnende an ihr ist, ist das Bekenntnis gegen
Krieg und rohe Gewalt, für den Frieden und die Sittlichkeit, und dieses
Bekenntnis gibt auch ihr einen Wert in aller Zeit. Denn Stifter, der
»Seelenfrieden-Stifter«, war ein Tendenzdichter, und ein Wort von ihm
verdient wiederholt zu werden, nicht nur weil es schön, sondern weil es
auch für uns gesprochen ist:
»Meine Bücher sind nicht Dichtungen allein (als solche mögen sie von
sehr vorübergehendem Werte sein), sondern als sittliche Offenbarungen,
als mit strengem Ernst bewahrte menschliche Würde haben sie einen Wert,
der bei unserer elenden, frivolen Literatur länger bleiben wird als der
poetische; in diesem Sinne sind sie eine Wohltat der Zeit.«
_Bruno Adler._
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