In this critical introduction to the major works of Austrian
modernist writer Robert Musil (1880a1942), Allen Thiher offers deft
analysis of Musilas short fiction, theater, and essays, and his
major novel, The Man without Qualities.
Thiher maps Musilas 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
Hitleras 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 Musilas death in
exile during World War II, Thiheras study plumbs the depths of
Musilas ambition and accomplishments and presents a concise
interpretation of the lasting significance of the writeras
interrogations of the foundations of modern European culture.
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