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Some Concluding Thoughts on Musil’s The Man without Qualities
It’s impossible to do any kind of a coherent analysis of Musil’s brilliant, enigmatic, philosophical, unfinished magnum opus. But I thought I would share some final ideas that kept coming to mind as I read Volume II in the Sophie … Continue reading
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Comparing Translations of Robert Musil’s The Man without Qualities
It just so happens that I started to read Musil’s magnum opus, The Man without Qualities, in the Sophie Wilkins translation which was widely available in paperback when I bought my copies. I was also lucky to find a first … Continue reading
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Failing to Honor the Best of the Achaeans: Musil on Writing and Intellect
In The Man without Qualities, Musil satirizes not only journalists (as I highlighted in my previous post), but writers and intellectuals of all types. He says about the “Great Author,” for instance: The most indispensable condition for being a Great … Continue reading
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Topos Uranios: Robert Musil on Truth, Opinion and the Media
One of the threads that runs throughout Musil’s magnum opus, The Man without Qualities, is the lines that are blurred, especially by those in authority and the media, between truth and opinion. The protagonist, Ulrich, is hired to be a … Continue reading
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A Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil
I’ve spent the last couple of days immersed in Musil’s enormous, 1,400 plus, two volume, unfinished Magnum Opus and have been completely drawn in and captivated by his writing. My reading experience reminds me, so far, of War and Peace, which … Continue reading
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