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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.
The volume is a collection of contributions by renowned literary
scientists on selected German-language novels from the Classical
Modern Age (ca. 1890-1933). Each text is introduced individually
according to a set scheme and classified within the
cultural-historical context of the Classic Modern Age. Emphasis is
placed on current approaches to interpretation, providing the
reader with an extensive overview of the respective latest
research.
Schillers Werk kompakt und verstandlich. Das Handbuch stellt neben
ausgewahlten Gedichten samtliche Dramen und alle Prosa-Schriften
Schillers in detaillierten Werkanalysen vor. Im Mittelpunkt steht
der bedeutendste Werkkomplex: die Dramen. Die literatur- und
kulturgeschichtlichen Bezuge werden prasentiert und das
grundsatzliche anthropologische Interesse des Dichters, Mediziners,
Philosophen und Historikers Schiller gewurdigt. Umfangreiche
Angaben zur Entstehungs- und Deutungsgeschichte runden die
einzelnen Artikel ab.
Johann Heinrich Merck (1741-1791) ist weniger als Dichter und
Aoebersetzer, dafA1/4r aber umso mehr als Literaturkritiker und
Korrespondenzpartner fA1/4r die deutsche Literatur des 18.
Jahrhunderts von groAer Bedeutung. Der KanzleisekretAr und
Kriegsrat A1/4bte u. a. auf Herder und den jungen Goethe einen
starken EinfluA aus. Er verlegte Goethes berA1/4hmte Schrift "Von
deutscher Baukunst" und finanzierte den Druck des "GAtz von
Berlichingen." In den "Frankfurter Gelehrten Anzeigen," Wielands
"Merkur" und der "Allgemeinen Deutschen Bibliothek" trat er mit
vielbeachteten Rezensionen hervor. Sein Briefwechsel mit
bedeutenden Protagonisten der intellektuellen Welt, u. a. Goethe,
Hamann, Herder und Wieland, macht ihn zu einem Fokus des deutschen
Literatur- und Geisteslebens im letzten Drittel des 18.
Jahrhunderts. Der aus einem DarmstAdter Kolloquium hervorgegangene
Band, der u. a. Reproduktionen von Zeichnungen Mercks aus dem
Bestand des Hessischen Landesmuseums bietet, erschlieAt in
systematischer Ausgewogenheit Werk und Bedeutung Johann Heinrich
Mercks in BeitrAgen namhafter Wissenschaftler. Autoren sind u. a.
JArg-Ulrich Fechner, Marie-Therese Federhofer, Andrea Heinz,
Hartmut Vollmer, Gerhard Sauder, Robert Seidel und die Herausgeber.
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