A New Look at The Man Without Qualities

• Published in: Raritan Vol. 29; no. 3; p. 81
• Main Author: Furbank, P N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Brunswick Rutgers University 01.12.2010
• Subjects: Austrian literature; Literary criticism; Musil, Robert (1880-1942); Novels; Personality traits; Writers

Furbank examines Robert Musil's novel entitled The Man Without Qualities. Musil cannot resist making joked against himself wherein he is inclined to call for an end to earnest humdrum books about the human condition, leaving the field clear for a few rare inspirations of moral genuis, such as h...