In the shadow of empire : Austrian experiences of modernity in the writings of Musil, Roth, and Bachmann / Malcolm Spencer.

Author
Spencer, Malcolm, 1954- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2008.
Description
254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-249) and index.
    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.
    ISBN
    • 9781571133878 (hbk. : alk. paper)
    • 1571133879 (hbk. : alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2008018694
    OCLC
    209770575
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