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- Title
Imperial Mystique and Empiricist Mysticism: Inner Colonialism and Exoticism in Musil's Törleß.
- Authors
Lemon, Robert
- Abstract
This article examines the role of exoticism in Musil's depiction of Austro-Czech relations and Western responses to Indian philosophy in his 1906 novel. It argues that the text undermines notions of both Austrian and Western European cultural supremacy and concludes that other works by Musil, Max Brod, and Hermann Broch reveal similar self-critical tendencies.
- Subjects
EXOTICISM in literature; EXOTICISM; MYSTICISM &; literature; MYSTICISM; AUSTRIAN literature; EUROPEAN literature; LITERARY criticism; BROCH, Hermann, 1886-1951; BROD, Max
- Publication
Modern Austrian Literature, 2009, Vol 42, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0026-7503
- Publication type
Literary Criticism