Understanding Robert Musil
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Understanding Robert Musil
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Author : Allen Thiher
language : en
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Release Date : 2009
Understanding Robert Musil written by Allen Thiher and has been published by Univ of South Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Literary Criticism categories.
Deft analysis of the fiction, theater, and essays of the author of The Man without Qualities 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. Thiher maps Musil's development as a writer, illustrating how his work evolved in response to catastrophic historical events such as World War I, the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Hitler's seizure of power. From this historical context, Thiher traces how Musil began his career by writing a prescient first novel about ideological developments in German culture and, at the same time, a doctoral thesis on scientific epistemology. Following his service in World War I, Musil began to view writing as his vocation and, during this early period in his literary career, he produced short fiction, plays, and some of the most interesting essays on politics, ethics, and literature to be published during the Weimar era. In exploring these writings as well as The Man without Qualities, a work left unfinished upon Musil's death in exile during World War II, Thiher's study plumbs the depths of Musil's ambition and accomplishments and presents a concise interpretation of the lasting significance of the writer's interrogations of the foundations of modern European culture.
Precision And Soul
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Author : Robert Musil
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1990
Precision And Soul written by Robert Musil and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Literary Collections categories.
"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 between 1911 and 1937. Offering a perspective on modern society and intellectual life, they are concerned with the crisis of modern culture as it manifests itself in science and mathematics, capitalism and nationalism, the changing roles of women and writers, and more. Writing to find his way in a world where moral systems everywhere were seemingly in decay, Musil strives to reconcile the ongoing conflict between functional relativism and the passionate search for ethical values. Robert Musil was born in 1880 and died in 1942. His first novel, Young Törless, is available in English. A new two-volume translation by Burton Pike and Sophie Wilkins of The Man without Qualities is forthcoming from Alfred A. Knopf. "Now we have these thirty-one invaluable and entertaining pieces, from an article on 'The Obscene and Pathological in Art' to the equally provocative talk 'On Stupidity,' which, with a new translation of The Man without Qualities forthcoming . . . amount to a literary event for the reader of English comparable to Constance Garnett's massive translation of Chekhov's stories."—Joseph Coates, Chicago Tribune "Musil is one of the few great moderns, one of the handful who ventured to confront the issues that shape and define our time. . . . He has a range and a striking capacity every bit as great as that of Mann, Joyce, or Beckett."—Boston Review "These essays are crucial in understanding a writer and critic whose lifelong task was an attempt to resolve the dichotomy between the precision of scientific form and the soul—the matter of life and art."—Choice
Robert Musil And The Question Of Science
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Author : Tim Mehigan
language : en
Publisher: Studies in German Literature
Release Date : 2020
Robert Musil And The Question Of Science written by Tim Mehigan and has been published by Studies in German Literature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Literary Criticism categories.
A major new study of Robert Musil by one of the world's leading Musil scholars. Musil's extraordinary works, the study reveals, emerged from the problem of the "two cultures."
On Mach S Theories
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Author : Robert Musil
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
On Mach S Theories written by Robert Musil and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Posthumous Papers Of A Living Author
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Author : Robert Musil
language : en
Publisher: Archipelago
Release Date : 2012-04-21
Posthumous Papers Of A Living Author written by Robert Musil and has been published by Archipelago this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-21 with Fiction categories.
This collection of exploratory pieces, short stories, and reflections was originally published in Zurich in 1936. It was the last volume Robert Musil published before his sudden death in 1942. Musil had begun to fathom the impossibility of com- pleting his monumental masterpiece The Man Without Qualities and this volume reveals a radically different aspect of his work. Musil observes a fly’s tragic struggle with flypaper, the laughter of a horse; he peers through microscopes and telescopes, dissecting both large and small. Musil’s quest for the essential is a voyage into the minute.
Robert Musil And The Culture Of Vienna
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Author : Hannah Hickman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Robert Musil And The Culture Of Vienna written by Hannah Hickman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with History categories.
Robert Musil (1880-1942), author of The Man without Qualities, is one of the handful of most important writers of the twentieth century. Among Anglophone readers Musil has enjoyed a dedicated cult following, but until recently poor translations and radical misunderstandings of his aims and techniques have retarded the full appreciation of his genius. Hannah Hickman's compact survey of Musil's work and influences has won recognition as the only adequate introduction to its subject. Hickman has taken advantage of a wealth of recently available evidence to give a reliable account of this often baffling and immensely subtle writer.
The Man Without Qualities
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Author : Robert Musil
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2017-02-23
The Man Without Qualities written by Robert Musil and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-23 with Fiction categories.
With an introduction by Jonathan Lethem It is 1913, and Viennese high society is determined to find an appropriate way of celebrating the seventieth jubilee of the accession of Emperor Franz Josef. But as the aristocracy tries to salvage something illustrious out of the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the ordinary Viennese world is beginning to show signs of more serious rebellion. Caught in the middle of this social labyrinth is Ulrich: youngish, rich, an ex-soldier, seducer and scientist. Unable to deceive himself that the jumble of attributes and values that his world has bestowed on him amounts to anything so innate as a 'character', he is effectively a man 'without qualities', a brilliant, detached observer of the spinning, racing society around him. Part satire, part visionary epic, part intellectual tour de force, The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil is a work of immeasurable importance.
Robert Musil And The Tradition Of The German Novelle
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Author : Kathleen O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Ariadne Press (CA)
Release Date : 1992
Robert Musil And The Tradition Of The German Novelle written by Kathleen O'Connor and has been published by Ariadne Press (CA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book explores Musil's Novellen to determine the significance of their roots in a generic tradition and to elucidate the ways in which they defined possibilities and marked limits of the genre. Musil's Novellen share the conventional narrative purpose of the tradition -- mediation of an unusual occurrence to a common understanding -- and its dominant characteristics -- tension between objectivity and subjectivity and the claim to convey truth. Yet they participate in the modernist search for new modes of knowledge and expression.
Subject Without Nation
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Author : Stefan Jonsson
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2000
Subject Without Nation written by Stefan Jonsson and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Literary Criticism categories.
Jonsson analyzes how Musil explains the foundation of modern theories of subjectivity.
Robert Musil And The Nonmodern
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Author : Mark M. Freed
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-04-28
Robert Musil And The Nonmodern written by Mark M. Freed and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
Positions Robert Musil's theory and writings within recent critical accounts of modernism and brings him into dialogue with continental philosophy.