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Author Bach, Ulrich E., author

Title Tropics of Vienna : Austrian colonial utopias, 1870-1900 / Ulrich E. Bach
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Austrian and Habsburg Studies ; v. 19
Austrian and Habsburg studies.
Contents Introduction -- Utopian periphery -- Utopia or theosophy -- Seeking emptiness -- Vienna in Palestine -- Epilogue
Summary The Austrian Empire was not a colonial power in the sense that fellow actors like 19th-century England and France were. It nevertheless oversaw a multinational federation where the capital of Vienna was unmistakably linked with its eastern periphery in a quasi-colonial arrangement that inevitably shaped the cultural and intellectual life of the Habsburg Empire. This was particularly evident in the era's colonial utopian writing, and Tropics of Vienna blends literary criticism, cultural theory, and historical analysis to illuminate this curious genre. By analyzing the works of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Theodor Herzl, Joseph Roth, and other representative Austrian writers, it reveals a shared longing for alternative social and spatial configurations beyond the concept of the "nation-state" prevalent at the time
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Austrian literature -- Austria -- Vienna -- History and criticism
Austrian literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Utopias in literature.
Colonies in literature.
utopian literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Eastern.
Austrian literature
Colonies in literature
Intellectual life
Utopias in literature
SUBJECT Vienna (Austria) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Subject Austria -- Vienna
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781785331336
1785331337