Musil-Forum
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Published by the International Robert Musil Society, the Musil-Forum is an established interdisciplinary platform dedicated to the exploration of Classic Modernist literature and, in particular, the work of Robert Musil. Currently published every two years, the Musil-Forum is interdisciplinary in its approach and open in its methodology. It is a source of information on the latest research in Modernism and current research debates. The Forum focuses on articles relating to the life and work of Musil (1880-1942), 20th century Austrian literature, and Classic Modernist literature (approx. 1895-1933), encouraging debate on the possibilities and limitations of the by no means standardised or concise term Classic Modernism. A debate reflecting on the continuity and discontinuity of literary and cultural strategies and themes in equal measures.
Each contribution is accompanied by an English abstract.
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Norbert Christian Wolf, Universität Wien, Österreich; Rosmarie Zeller, Villars-sur-Glane, Schweiz.
Published by the International Robert Musil Society, the Musil-Forum is an established interdisciplinary platform dedicated to the exploration of Classic Modernist literature and, in particular, the work of Robert Musil. Currently published every two years, the Musil-Forum is interdisciplinary in its approach and open in its methodology. It is a source of information on the latest research in Modernism and current research debates. The Forum focuses on articles relating to the life and work of Musil (1880-1942), 20th century Austrian literature, and Classic Modernist literature (approx. 1895-1933), encouraging debate on the possibilities and limitations of the by no means standardised or concise term Classic Modernism. A debate reflecting on the continuity and discontinuity of literary and cultural strategies and themes in equal measures.
The Musil Forum is a platform for research on classical modern literature, especially the works of Robert Musil. Volume 32 is devoted to “New Approaches in Musil Research: Three Women.” In addition to essays about the life and work of Robert Musil and classical modern literature, it presents textual analyses of Musil's best-known novels based on innovative methods in literary criticism.
Volume 33 of the Musil-Forum is devoted to “Robert Musil and the literary life of his times.” It presents essays that situate Musil’s work in contemporary cultural and historical contexts, including the perspectives of book design and publishing, communications and journalism, as well as authorship, gender theory, reception history, aesthetic genre, and literary sociology.
The thematic focus of Volume 34 of the Musil Forum is "Robert Musil and the First World War". The essays explore a number of topics, including how the "great seminal catastrophe of the 20th century" impacted Musil and selected contemporary authors, Musil’s engagement with the war in his writings, and broader implications for cultural theory. The authors display a range of different approaches and assessments.
The Musil Forum, a publication of the International Robert Musil Society, is an interdisciplinary platform for research on the literature of classical modernity, especially the works of Robert Musil (!880–1942). Volume 35, titled “Poetics of the small form: Robert Musil and his contemporaries” is devoted to two key genres of the literary system of modernity: short prose works and the feuilleton.
The Musil-Forum, the publication series of the International Robert Musil Society, is an interdisciplinary platform for research into the literature of classical modernism and, in particular, the works of Robert Musil (1880–1942).
The Musil Forum, publication medium of the International Robert Musil Society, is an interdisciplinary platform for research into the literature of classical modernism, in particular, the works of Robert Musil (1880–1942). Volume 38.
