In the Shadow of Empire - 9781571134745
In the Shadow of EmpireAustrian Experiences of Modernity in the Writings of Musil, Roth, and Bachmann\nAuthor(s): Malcolm Spencer\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United States\nImprint: Camden House Inc\nISBN-13: 9781571134745, 978-1571134745\nSynopsis\nThe first book to consider together the responses of the great Austrian writers Musil, Roth, and Bachmann to the crisis of modernity.\n\nAustria 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 as \""laboratory for the fall of world civilization.\"" This book examines the crisis as reflected in fiction written by Robert Musil, Joseph Roth, andIngeborg Bachmann between 1920 and 1970. After examining the elusive concept of modernity, Malcolm Spencer looks at the .
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