Details

Subject(s)

• Musil, Robert 1880-1942—Mann ohne Eigenschaften [Browse]
• Metaphor in literature [Browse]

Series

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture [More in this series]

Summary note

Robert Musil, a scientific and philosophical thinker, was committed to aesthetics as a process of experimental creation of ever-shifting realities via variations and metaphoric possibilities in his novel project. This lifelong process is embodied in the unfinished novel by its recurring metaphor of self-generating de-centered circle worlds. The first study to utilize the Klagenfurt Edition of Musil's literary and biographical remains (a searchable annotated text), 'The World as Metaphor' offers a close reading of textual variations, emphasizing Musil's commitment to the artist's role in re-cre.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

ISBN

• 9781571138392 ((electronic bk.))
• 1571138390 ((electronic bk.))

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