Imperial messages : Orientalism as self-critique in the Habsburg fin de siècle /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lemon, Robert, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : Camden House, 2011.
Colección:Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
Temas:
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, > 1874-1929 > Criticism and interpretation.
Musil, Robert, > 1880-1942 > Criticism and interpretation.
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924 > Criticism and interpretation.
Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, > 1874-1929
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924
Musil, Robert, > 1880-1942
1800-1999
Orientalism in literature.
Orientalism.
East and West in literature.
Austrian fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Austrian fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Orientalisme.
Orient et Occident dans la littérature.
Roman autrichien > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman autrichien > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
FICTION > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
Austrian fiction.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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."

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