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Covers the major modernist literary works of Broch and constitutes the first comprehensive introduction in English to his political, cultural, aesthetic, and philosophical writings.
Hermann Broch (1886-1951) is best known for his two major modernist works, The Sleepwalkers (3 vols., 1930-1932) and The Death of Virgil (1945), which frame a lifetime of ethical, cultural, political, and social thought. A textile manufacturer by trade, Broch entered the literary scene late in life with an experimental view of the novel that strove towards totality and vividly depicted Europe's cultural disintegration. As fascism took over and Broch, a Viennese Jew, was forced into exile, his view of literature as transformative was challenged, but his commitment to presenting an ethical view of the crises of his time was unwavering. An important mentor and interlocutor for contemporaries such as Arendt and Canetti as well as a continued inspiration for contemporary authors, Broch wrote to better understand and shape the political and cultural conditions for a postfascist world. This volume covers the major literary works and constitutes the first comprehensive introduction in English to Broch's political, cultural, aesthetic, and philosophical writings.
Contributors: Graham Bartram, Brechtje Beuker, GiselaBrude-Firnau, Gwyneth Cliver, Jennifer Jenkins, Kathleen L. Komar, Paul Michael Lützeler, Gunther Martens, Sarah McGaughey, Judith Ryan, Judith Sidler, Galin Tihanov, Sebastian Wogenstein.
Graham Bartram retired as Senior Lecturer in German Studies at the University of Lancaster, UK. Sarah McGaughey is Associate Professor of German at Dickinson College, USA. Galin Tihanov is the George Steiner Professor of Comparative Literature at Queen Mary University of London, UK.
Hermann Broch (1886-1951) is best known for his two major modernist works, The Sleepwalkers (3 vols., 1930-1932) and The Death of Virgil (1945), which frame a lifetime of ethical, cultural, political, and social thought. A textile manufacturer by trade, Broch entered the literary scene late in life with an experimental view of the novel that strove towards totality and vividly depicted Europe's cultural disintegration. As fascism took over and Broch, a Viennese Jew, was forced into exile, his view of literature as transformative was challenged, but his commitment to presenting an ethical view of the crises of his time was unwavering. An important mentor and interlocutor for contemporaries such as Arendt and Canetti as well as a continued inspiration for contemporary authors, Broch wrote to better understand and shape the political and cultural conditions for a postfascist world. This volume covers the major literary works and constitutes the first comprehensive introduction in English to Broch's political, cultural, aesthetic, and philosophical writings.
Contributors: Graham Bartram, Brechtje Beuker, GiselaBrude-Firnau, Gwyneth Cliver, Jennifer Jenkins, Kathleen L. Komar, Paul Michael Lützeler, Gunther Martens, Sarah McGaughey, Judith Ryan, Judith Sidler, Galin Tihanov, Sebastian Wogenstein.
Graham Bartram retired as Senior Lecturer in German Studies at the University of Lancaster, UK. Sarah McGaughey is Associate Professor of German at Dickinson College, USA. Galin Tihanov is the George Steiner Professor of Comparative Literature at Queen Mary University of London, UK.
Price: $130.00
Pages: 290
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Camden House
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Publication Date:
15 April 2019
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781571135414
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, Literature: history and criticism
[A] fantastic volume that introduces Broch, his work, and his historical environment. This task is noble and its execution well done, and in this they have done a significant service to the field. Instructors should be encouraged to assign chapters from this collection - no given chapter is particularly long- to be read in tandem with the works they discuss.
Introduction: Broch's Life and Works - Graham Bartram and Sarah McGaughey
Perspectives on Broch's Die Schlafwandler: Narratives of History and the Self - Kathleen L. Komar
Hermann Broch and the Dilemma of Literature in the Modern Age - Gunther Martens
Interrogating Modernity: Hermann Broch's Postromanticism - Galin Tihanov
Broch and the Theater: Die Entsühnung and Aus der Luft gegriffen as Tragic and Comic Dramatizations of the Economic Machine - Brechtje Beuker
Limits of the Scientific: Broch's Die Unbekannte Größe - Gwyneth Cliver
Broch's Die Verzauberung: Ludwig Klages and the Bourgeois Mitläufer - Gisela Brude-Firnau
Hermann Broch's Massenwahnprojekt and Its Relevance for Our Times - Judith Ryan
Human Rights and the Intellectual's Ethical Duty: Broch's Political Writings - Sebastian Wogenstein
Broch's Der Tod des Vergil: Art and Power, Language and the Ineffable - Jennifer Jenkins
From the "Tierkreis-Erzählungen" to Die Schuldlosen: The Creation of Broch's Last Novel - Judith Sidler
Broch's Legacy and Resonance - Paul Michael Lützeler
Selected Bibliography - Sarah McGaughey
Notes on the Contributors
Index
Perspectives on Broch's Die Schlafwandler: Narratives of History and the Self - Kathleen L. Komar
Hermann Broch and the Dilemma of Literature in the Modern Age - Gunther Martens
Interrogating Modernity: Hermann Broch's Postromanticism - Galin Tihanov
Broch and the Theater: Die Entsühnung and Aus der Luft gegriffen as Tragic and Comic Dramatizations of the Economic Machine - Brechtje Beuker
Limits of the Scientific: Broch's Die Unbekannte Größe - Gwyneth Cliver
Broch's Die Verzauberung: Ludwig Klages and the Bourgeois Mitläufer - Gisela Brude-Firnau
Hermann Broch's Massenwahnprojekt and Its Relevance for Our Times - Judith Ryan
Human Rights and the Intellectual's Ethical Duty: Broch's Political Writings - Sebastian Wogenstein
Broch's Der Tod des Vergil: Art and Power, Language and the Ineffable - Jennifer Jenkins
From the "Tierkreis-Erzählungen" to Die Schuldlosen: The Creation of Broch's Last Novel - Judith Sidler
Broch's Legacy and Resonance - Paul Michael Lützeler
Selected Bibliography - Sarah McGaughey
Notes on the Contributors
Index