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A panel of authors, critics, and academics convened by the
Literaturhaus in Munich in 1999 voted Robert Musil's The Man
without Qualities the most important German novel of the 20th
century. Their collective judgment rests on strong foundations: on
the work's encyclopedic compass, embracing intellectual, social,
political, and cultural concerns embodied in themes of striking
originality; on its probing of key issues of Austrian and German
life from the first four decades of the twentieth century; on the
brilliance of its language, unsurpassed by any other 20th-century
author writing in German. While this Companion gives The Man
without Qualities the central focus it deserves, it also
contributes to a deeper understanding of Musil's other significant
works; in harnessing a team of established scholars from North
America and Europe to the task of providing an assessment of
Musil's work, it sets new standards in scope and originality. The
analyses are embedded in an appreciation of the intellectual
contexts of Musil's writing, yielding fresh insights into Musil's
artistic accomplishment and into his place in the Austrian and
German cultural traditions of the 20th century. CONTRIBUTORS:
PHILIP PAYNE, KLAUS AMANN, GALIN TIHANOV, MATTHIAS LUSERKE-JAQUI,
SILVIA BONACCHI, CHRISTIAN ROGOWSKI, PETER HENNINGER, WALTER FANTA,
KARL CORINO, GENESE GRILL, BURTON PIKE, RA1/4DIGER GARNER Philip
Payne is Professor of German Studies at Lancaster University, UK;
Graham Bartram is Senior Lecturer in German Studies at Lancaster
University, UK; and Galin Tihanov is Professor of Comparative
Literature and Intellectual History and Co-Director of the Research
Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures at the Universityof Manchester,
UK.
A fresh and extensive look at the works of the great Austrian
novelist in the context of the German and Austrian culture of his
time. A panel of authors, critics, and academics convened by the
Literaturhaus in Munich in 1999 voted Robert Musil's The Man
without Qualities the most important German novel of the 20th
century. Their collective judgment restson strong foundations: on
the work's encyclopedic compass, embracing intellectual, social,
political, and cultural concerns embodied in themes of striking
originality; on its probing of key issues of Austrian and German
life fromthe first four decades of the twentieth century; on the
brilliance of its language, unsurpassed by any other 20th-century
author writing in German. While this Companion gives The Man
without Qualities the central focus it deserves, it also
contributes to a deeper understanding of Musil's other significant
works; in harnessing a team of established scholars from North
America and Europe to the task of providing an assessment of
Musil's work, it setsnew standards in scope and originality. The
analyses are embedded in an appreciation of the intellectual
contexts of Musil's writing, yielding fresh insights into Musil's
artistic accomplishment and into his place in the Austrianand
German cultural traditions of the 20th century. Contributors:
Philip Payne, Klaus Amann, Galin Tihanov, Matthias Luserke-Jaqui,
Silvia Bonacchi, Christian Rogowski, Peter Henninger, Walter Fanta,
Karl Corino, GeneseGrill, Burton Pike, Rudiger Goerner Philip Payne
is emeritus Professor of German Studies at Lancaster University,
UK; Graham Bartram is retired as Senior Lecturer in German Studies
at Lancaster University, UK; and Galin Tihanov is the George
Steiner Professor of Comparative Literature at Queen Mary
University of London, UK.
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