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基本説明
While this Companion gives his acclaimed The Man without Qualities the central focus it deserves, it also contributes to a deeper understanding of Musil's other significant works.
Full Description
A panel of authors, critics, and academics convened by the Literaturhaus in Munich in 1999 voted Robert Musil's The Man without Qualities the most important German novel of the 20th century. Their collective judgment rests on strong foundations: on the work's encyclopedic compass, embracing intellectual, social, political, and cultural concerns embodied in themes of striking originality; on its probing of key issues of Austrian and German life from the first four decades of the twentieth century; on the brilliance of its language, unsurpassed by any other 20th-century author writing in German. While this Companion gives The Man without Qualities the central focus it deserves, it also contributes to a deeper understanding of Musil's other significant works; in harnessing a team of established scholars from North America and Europe to the task of providing an assessment of Musil's work, it sets new standards in scope and originality. The analyses are embedded in an appreciation of the intellectual contexts of Musil's writing, yielding fresh insights into Musil's artistic accomplishment and into his place in the Austrian and German cultural traditions of the 20th century.Contributors: Philip Payne, Klaus Amann, Galin Tihanov, Matthias Luserke-Jaqui, Silvia Bonacchi, Christian Rogowski, Peter Henninger, Walter Fanta, Karl Corino, Genese Grill, Burton Pike, Rudiger GoernerPhilip Payne is emeritus Professor of German Studies at Lancaster University, UK; Graham Bartram is retired as Senior Lecturer in German Studies at Lancaster University, UK; and Galin Tihanov is the George Steiner Professor of Comparative Literature at Queen Mary University of London, UK.
Contents
IntroductionPayneRobert Musil: Literature and Politics - Klaus AmannRobert Musil's Diaries: Medium between Life and Literature - Philip PayneRobert Musil in the Garden of Conservatism - Galin TihanovDie Verwirrungen des Zoeglings Toerless: Adolescent Sexuality, the Authoritarian Mindset, and the Limits of Language - Matthias Luserke-JaquiMusil's "Die Vollendung der Liebe": Experience Analyzed and Reconstituted - Sylvia Bonacchi"Shifts in Emphasis": Robert Musil's Die Schwarmer and Twentieth-Century Drama - Christian RogowskiRobert Musil's Novellas in the Collection Drei Frauen - Peter HenningerThe Genesis of Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften - Walter FantaThe Contribution of Biographical Research to the Understanding of Characters and Themes of Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften - Karl CorinoFiguring Thought in Culture: "Utopia" in Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften from the Perspective of Kulturwissenschaft - Matthias Luserke-JaquiThe "Other" Musil: Robert Musil and Mysticism - Genese GrillDer Mann ohne Eigenschaften: Unfinished or without End? - Burton PikeThe "Finale" of Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften: Competing Editions and the "Telos" of the Narrative - Walter Fanta"Reception without Qualities": Musil's Impact on Austrian and German Writers after 1945 - Rudiger GornerSelect BibliographyRobert Musil's Life: A Chronology - Karl CorinoNotes on the ContributorsIndex
