A Companion to the Works of Robert Musil (EPDF) von Philip Payne

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.

Introduction: The Symbiosis of Robert Musil's Life and Works - Philip Payne
Robert Musil: Literature and Politics - Klaus Amann
Robert Musil's Diaries: Medium between Life and Literature - Philip Payne
Robert Musil in the Garden of Conservatism - Galin Tihanov
Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß: Adolescent Sexuality, the Authoritarian Mindset, and the Limits of Language - Matthias Luserke-Jaqui
Musil's "Die Vollendung der Liebe": Experience Analyzed and Reconstituted - Sylvia Bonacchi
"Shifts in Emphasis": Robert Musil'sDie Schwärmer and Twentieth-Century Drama - Christian Rogowski
Robert Musil's Novellas in the CollectionDrei Frauen - Peter Henninger
The Genesis ofDer Mann ohne Eigenschaften - Walter Fanta
The Contribution of Biographical Research to the Understanding of Characters and Themes ofDer Mann ohne Eigenschaften - Karl Corino
Figuring Thought in Culture: "Utopia" inDer Mann ohne Eigenschaften from the Perspective ofKulturwissenschaft - Matthias Luserke-Jaqui
The "Other" Musil: Robert Musil and Mysticism - Genese Grill
Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften: Unfinished or without End? - Burton Pike
The "Finale" ofDer Mann ohne Eigenschaften: Competing Editions and the "Telos" of the Narrative - Walter Fanta
"Reception without Qualities": Musil's Impact on Austrian and German Writers after 1945 - Rudiger Gorner
Select Bibliography
Robert Musil's Life: A Chronology - Karl Corino
Notes on the Contributors
Index