ISBN:
1571133879
,
9781571133878
Language:
English
Pages:
254 S.
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
DDC:
830.9/00914
Keywords:
Musil, Robert
;
Roth, Joseph
;
Bachmann, Ingeborg
;
Austrian literature History and criticism 20th century
;
Österreich
;
Literatur
;
Musil, Robert 1880-1942 Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften
;
Roth, Joseph 1894-1939 Radetzkymarsch
;
Bachmann, Ingeborg 1926-1973 Drei Wege zum See
Abstract:
Introduction: Negotiating modernity in the Austrian context -- Modernity, nationalism, and the Austrian crisis -- Vater, Landesvater, Gottvater: Musil and the ancien regime -- Enemies of the empire in "Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften": Sepp, Feuermaul, and Schmeisser -- "Europe is committing suicide": Joseph Roth's Radetzkymarsch -- "How much home does a person need?": Ingeborg Bachmann's "Drei Wege zum See" -- Conclusion: Austria and what it means to be modern -- Bibliography -- Index
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Negotiating modernity in the Austrian context -- Modernity, nationalism, and the Austrian crisis -- Vater, Landesvater, Gottvater: Musil and the ancien régime -- Sepp, Feuermaul, and Schmeisser: enemies of the empire in Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften -- "Europe is committing suicide": Joseph Roth's Radetzkymarsch -- "How much home does a person need?": Ingeborg Bachmann's "Drei Wege zum See" -- Conclusion: Austria and the transition to modernity.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239] - 249) and index
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