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From Early Modernism to the Late Avant-garde Movement
The Austrian Example
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Preface vii
- Content xi
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Part 1. Culture and its Narratives
- Identity, Alterity and the Work of the Narrative 3
- The Hidden Narratives 20
- On the Narratology of Cultural and Collective Memory 42
- Romanticism and Nationalism 58
- Polyphem’s Children 76
- Murder and Monotheism 97
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Part 2. Space, Time and the Global
- Space and Borders 111
- Time in Modern Cultural Analysis 128
- Walter Benjamin and the Translational Turn 135
- The Arts and the Split of Time 147
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Part 3. The Heritage of Classical Modernism: Broch, Canetti, Musil, Kafka
- The Disappearing of Ruins 163
- Fear in Culture 173
- Mass Hysteria and the Physics of the Crowd 187
- Musil’s Version of Round Dance in Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften 204
- From Early Modernism to the Late Avant-garde Movement 211
- The Broken Mirror 225
- Images of America, Made in Austria 239
- Austrian Literature in a Trans-cultural Context 248
- Bibliography and References 264
- Original place of publication of single chapters 276
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Preface vii
- Content xi
-
Part 1. Culture and its Narratives
- Identity, Alterity and the Work of the Narrative 3
- The Hidden Narratives 20
- On the Narratology of Cultural and Collective Memory 42
- Romanticism and Nationalism 58
- Polyphem’s Children 76
- Murder and Monotheism 97
-
Part 2. Space, Time and the Global
- Space and Borders 111
- Time in Modern Cultural Analysis 128
- Walter Benjamin and the Translational Turn 135
- The Arts and the Split of Time 147
-
Part 3. The Heritage of Classical Modernism: Broch, Canetti, Musil, Kafka
- The Disappearing of Ruins 163
- Fear in Culture 173
- Mass Hysteria and the Physics of the Crowd 187
- Musil’s Version of Round Dance in Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften 204
- From Early Modernism to the Late Avant-garde Movement 211
- The Broken Mirror 225
- Images of America, Made in Austria 239
- Austrian Literature in a Trans-cultural Context 248
- Bibliography and References 264
- Original place of publication of single chapters 276