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In this critical introduction to the major works of Austrian modernist writer Robert Musil (1880-1942), Allen Thiher offers deft analysis of Musil's short fiction, theater, and essays, and his major novel, The Man without Qualities.
The first study to utilize the Klagenfurt Edition of Musil's Nachlass offers a close reading of textual variations, emphasizing Musil's commitment to the artist's role in re-creating the world.
"We do not have too much intellect and too little soul, but too little precision in matters of the soul."—Robert Musil Best known as author of the novel The Man without Qualities, Robert Musil wrote these essays in Vienna and Berlin ...
“Ach, wäre fern, was ich liebe!” Studien zur Inzest- thematik in der Literatur der Jahrhundertwende (von Ibsen bis Musil). Würz- burg: Königshausen & Neumann, 1997. Schöne, Albrecht. “Zum Gebrauch des Konjunktivs bei Robert Musil.
̄ This translation is adapted from Robert Musil, The Man Without Qualities, vols. 1¥2, trans. by Sophie Wilkins and Burton ... 17 This was thanks in large part to its enthusiastic reception by the German critic Alfred Kerr (1867¥1948).
Agathe is the sister of Ulrich, the restless and elusive “man without qualities” at the center of Robert Musil’s great, unfinished novel of the same name.
This volume traces the scholarly reception of Musil's works, marked by discontinuities and abrupt shifts of perception.
Mehigan, T. 2003: The Critical Response to Robert Musil's The Man Without Qualities. New York: Camden House. Mendilow, A.A 1952: Time and the Novel. Deventer, Holland: Ysel Press. Musil, R. 1996a: The Man Without Qualities, vol.1.
A landmark work of Modernist fiction, Robert Musil's novel was largely forgotten until a new translation appeared in 1996.
This, the first comprehensive study of The Man Without Qualities, guides the reader towards Musil's central concerns.