Dowden, Stephen D.

Sympathy for the Abyss : A Study in the Novel of German Modernism: Kafka, Broch, Musil, and Thomas Mann. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (201 pages) - Studien Zur Deutschen Literatur Series ; v.90 . - Studien Zur Deutschen Literatur Series .

Intro -- Introduction: Eurydice Lost -- I. The Modernist Turn -- II. Viennese Baroque: Temporality and Allegory in Die Schlafwandler of Hermann Broch -- III. The Cloud of Polonius: Rewriting Reality in Robert Musil's Mann ohne Eigenschaften -- IV. The Lamentation of Josef K.: Conscience and Irony in Kafka's Prozeß -- V. In the Crystal Garden: The Replenishment of Art and the Ecology of Man in Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus -- VI. Epilogue: The Quixotic Word -- Bibliography.

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9783111384733


German fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature) -- Germany.
Abyss in literature.


Electronic books.

PT772 -- .D68 1986eb

833/.912/091