| Description |
1 online resource (171 pages) |
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Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture |
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Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
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| Contents |
Empiricist empires: Hofmannsthal's domestic Orientalism -- Empirical mysticism and imperial mystique: Orientalism in Musil's Die Verwirrungen des Zoglings Torless -- Sovereign subject under siege: ethnology and ethnocentrism in Kafka's "Description of a struggle, "Jackals und Arabs," and "In the penal colony" -- Contingent continent: Kafka's China in "Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer" and "Ein altes Blatt." |
| Summary |
In recent years a debate has arisen on the applicability of postcolonial theory to Austria-Hungary. Some argue that the empire's lack of colonies renders colonialism and postcolonialism irrelevant, while others cite the quasi-colonial attitudes of the Vie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Musil, Robert, 1880-1942 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929 fast |
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Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 fast |
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Musil, Robert, 1880-1942 fast |
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Orientalism in literature.
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Orientalism.
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East and West in literature.
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Austrian fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Austrian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Orientalism.
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FICTION -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
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Austrian fiction
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East and West in literature
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Orientalism
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Orientalism in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781571137555 |
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1571137556 |
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