Nadler, Josef#
b. Nová Viska, Šluknov, Czech Republic (then Neudoerfl, Schluckenau), May 23, 1884, d. Vienna, Jan. 14, 1963, literary historian, essayist. 1914-1924 Professor at the University of Freiburg (Switzerland), 1925-1930 in Koenigsberg, 1931-1945 in Vienna. Developed a phylogenetic model of the concepts of nation and literature in "Literaturgeschichte des deutschen Volkes", 4 vols., published in 1938, based on typography and demography; friend of H. von Hofmannsthal and H. Bahr.
Literature#
S. Meissl, Zur Wr. Neugermanistik der 30er Jahre, in: K. Amann (ed.), Oe. Literatur der 30er Jahre, 1985.