Malcolm Spencer

In the Shadow of Empire

Austrian Experiences of Modernity in the Writings of Musil, Roth, and Bachmann

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first book to consider together the responses of the great Austrian writers Musil, Roth, and Bachmann to the crisis of modernity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 373g
• ISBN-13: 9781571134745
• ISBN-10: 1571134743
• Artikelnr.: 29731482

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Negotiating Modernity in the Austrian Context Modernity
Nationalism
and the Austrian Crisis Vater
Landesvater
Gottvater: Musil and the Ancien Régime 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 "Die Wege zum See" Conclusion: Austria and What It Means to Be Modern Bibliography Index