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Robert Musil (German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈmuːzɪl]; 6 November 1880 – 15 April 1942) was an Austrian philosophical writer. His unfinished novel, The Man Without Qualities (German: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften ), is generally considered to be one of the most important and influential modernist novels .
Robert Musil (born Nov. 6, 1880, Klagenfurt, Austria—died April 15, 1942, Geneva, Switz.) was an Austrian-German novelist, best known for his monumental unfinished novel Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften (1930–43; The Man Without Qualities).
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Nov 6, 2020 · Robert Musil almost chose an officer's career. But he turned to literature instead, and wrote a key 20th century modernist novel, "The Man without Qualities."
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PT2625.U8 M3. The Man Without Qualities ( German: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften; 1930–1943) is an unfinished modernist novel in three volumes and various drafts, by the Austrian writer Robert Musil . The novel is a "story of ideas", which takes place in the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy 's last days, and the plot often veers into ...
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Aug 13, 2021 · Along with Proust’s A la Recherche du Temps Perdu and Joyce’s Ulysses, Robert Musil’s The Man Without Qualities represents the pinnacle of the modernist novel in Europe. In terms of content if not technique, Musil’s work speaks most directly to a contemporary readership.
Jun 27, 2024 · THE APPEARANCE OF THE first part of Robert Musil's Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften in 1930 with the Rowohlt-Verlag in Berlin was something of a sensation. The novel immediately aroused great excitement in literary circles, and was extensively reviewed in the press and in journals in Musil's native Austria and in Germany.
Dec 9, 1996 · The Man Without Qualities, Vol. 1. Set in Vienna on the eve of World War I, this great novel of ideas tells the story of Ulrich, ex-soldier and scientist, seducer and...
