A finely drawn portrayal of the disintegration of Austrian liberal
society under the impact of nationalism and anti-semitism, "The
Road into the Open" ("Der Weg ins Freie", 1908) is a remarkable
novel by a major Austrian writer of the early twentieth century.
Set in fin-de-siecle Austria - the cafes, salons, and musical
concerts frequented by the Viennese elite - Schnitzler's perceptive
exploration of the creative process and the private lives and
public aspirations of urban Jewish intellectuals ranks with the
highest achievements of Karl Kraus and Robert Musil. The novel's
central character, Baron Georg von Wergenthin, is a handsome young
composer whose troubled relations with women, musical
collaborators, and representatives of the old social order make
Schnitzler's book a revealing investigation of individual
psychology and social allegory. In his comprehensive introduction,
Russell Berman situates the book within the literary and political
history of Central Europe and analyzes its relation to
psychoanalysis, Marxism, musical aesthetics, and the legacy of
European modernism.
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