A companion to the works of Robert Musil / edited by Philip Payne, Graham Bartram, and Galin Tihanov.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Payne, Philip, 1942-

Bartram, Graham, 1946-

Tihanov, Galin.

Series:

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered)

Camden House companion volumes

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musil, Robert, 1880-1942--Criticism and interpretation.

Musil, Robert.

Musil, Robert, 1880-1942. Mann ohne Eigenschaften.

Musil, Robert, 1880-1942.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xx, 448 pages : portraits ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2007.

Summary:

A fresh and extensive look at the works of the great Austrian novelist in the context of the German and Austrian culture of his time.

Contents:

Musil's Principal Works / Philip Payne xv

Introduction: The Symbiosis of Robert Musil's Life and Works / Philip Payne 1

Musil's Life: Experiences, Reflections, Emotions of an Intellectual

1 Robert Musil: Literature and Politics / Klaus Amann 53

2 Robert Musil's Diaries: Medium between Life and Literature / Philip Payne 87

3 Robert Musil in the Garden of Conservatism / Galin Tihanov 117

Literary Works before Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften

4 Die Verwirrungen des Zoglings Torless: Adolescent Sexuality, the Authoritarian Mindset, and the Limits of Language / Matthias Luserke-Jaqui 151

5 Musil's "Die Vollendung der Liebe": Experience Analyzed and Reconstituted / Silvia Bonacchi, Philip Payne 175

6 "Shifts in Emphasis": Robert Musil's Die Schwarmer and Twentieth-Century Drama / Christian Rogowski 199

7 Robert Musil's Novellas in the Collection Drei Frauen / Peter Henninger 223

Perspectives on Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften

8 The Genesis of Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften / Walter Fanta 251

9 The Contribution of Biographical Research to the Understanding of Characters and Themes of Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften / Karl Corino 285

10 Figuring Thought in Culture: "Utopia" in Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften from the Perspective of Kulturwissenschaft / Matthias Luserke-Jaqui, Philip Payne 313

11 The "Other" Musil: Robert Musil and Mysticism / Genese Grill 333

12 Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften: Unfinished or without End? / Burton Pike 355

13 The "Finale" of Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften: Competing Editions and the "Telos" of the Narrative / Walter Fanta 371

14 "Reception without Qualities": Robert Musil's Impact on Austrian and German Writers after 1945 / Rudiger Gorner 395

Robert Musil's Life: A Chronology / Karl Corino 425.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [409]-422) and index.

ISBN:

1571131108

9781571131102

OCLC:

144226982