Conclusion: Austria and the Transition to Modernity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations viii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction: Negotiating Modernity in the Austrian Context 1
6. 1: Modernity, Nationalism, and the Austrian Crisis 45
7. 2: Vater, Landesvater, Gottvater: Musil and the Ancien Régime 65
8. 3: Hans Sepp, Feuermaul, and Schmeisser: Enemies of the Empire in Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften 119
9. 4: “Europe is committing suicide”: Joseph Roth’s Radetzkymarsch 151
10. 5: “How much home does a person need?”: Ingeborg Bachmann’s “Drei Wege zum See” 193
11. Conclusion: Austria and the Transition to Modernity 229
12. Bibliography 239
13. Index 251