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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      August 2010
      August 1988
      ISBN:
      9780511753169
      9780521110600
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511753169
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      Weight & Pages:
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.4kg, 272 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Area Studies, European Literature, European Studies
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in German
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    Subjects:
    Literature, Area Studies, European Literature, European Studies
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in German
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    Robert Musil's The Man without Qualities is perhaps the most important novel in German written in the twentieth century - certainly it is among the most brilliant, puzzling and profound. This, the first comprehensive study of the work to appear in English, guides the reader towards Musil's central concerns. It examines how Musil laboured through draft after draft to produce material that would pass his own strict literary 'quality control' and traces major themes through different layers of narrative with the aid of close textual analysis. It details how Musil subjects leading figures of fin-de-siecle Vienna to intense ironic scrutiny and how, by drawing on his extensive knowledge of philosophy, psychology, politics, sociology and science, he works into his novel essayistic statements which record the state of contemporary European civilisation. Through a disturbing and deeply serious liaison with his sister, Musil's hero Ulrich, is shown to struggle through to the brink of self-discovery and enlightenment.

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