In the Shadow of Empire: Austrian Experiences of Modernity in the Writings of Musil, Roth, and Bachmann
(Part of the Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Series)
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The first book to consider together the responses of the great Austrian writers Musil, Roth, and Bachmann to the crisis of modernity. Austria was not the only European country whose old order disintegrated in the early twentieth century, giving way to the crisis of modernity, nor the only country whose literature bears the marks of this crisis. But modernity's onset was experienced differently in Austria: in the words of Karl Kraus, it served...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1571134743
ISBN13:9781571134745
Release Date:October 2010
Publisher:Camden House (NY)
Length:266 Pages
Weight:0.83 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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