Sympathy for the Abyss : A Study in the Novel of German Modernism: Kafka, Broch, Musil, and Thomas Mann.
Title:
Sympathy for the Abyss : A Study in the Novel of German Modernism: Kafka, Broch, Musil, and Thomas Mann.
Author:
Dowden, Stephen D.
ISBN:
9783111384733
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (201 pages)
Series:
Studien zur deutschen Literatur ; v.90
Studien zur deutschen Literatur
Contents:
Introduction: Eurydice Lost -- I. The Modernist Turn -- II. Viennese Baroque: Temporality and Allegory in Die Schlafwandler of Hermann Broch -- III. The Cloud of Polonius: Rewriting Reality in Robert Musil's Mann ohne Eigenschaften -- IV. The Lamentation of Josef K.: Conscience and Irony in Kafka's Prozeß -- V. In the Crystal Garden: The Replenishment of Art and the Ecology of Man in Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus -- VI. Epilogue: The Quixotic Word -- Bibliography.
Abstract:
The series Studien zur deutschen Literatur (Studies in German Literature) presents outstanding analyses of German-speaking literature from the early modern period to the present day. It particularly embraces comparative, cultural and historical-epistemological questions and serves as a tradition-steeped forum for innovative literary research.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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