LEADER 03347nam 22005652 450 001 9911008469103321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $a1-281-94913-2 010 $a9786611949136 010 $a1-57113-655-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781571136558 035 $a(CKB)1000000000704700 035 $a(OCoLC)299750025 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10354705 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000182051 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11178495 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000182051 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10166969 035 $a(PQKB)11345398 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781571136558 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3003607 035 $a(DE-B1597)675250 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781571136558 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000704700 100 $a20120822d2005|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe intersection of science and literature in Musil's "The man without qualities" /$fThomas Sebastian 210 1$aSuffolk :$cBoydell & Brewer,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 150 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aStudies in German literature, linguistics, and culture 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 08$a1-57113-116-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [139]-146) and index. 327 $aExperimental psychology: Musil's academic apprenticeship -- Figure and Gestalt -- Indeterminacy, chance, and singularity -- Multiple subjects: The construction of a hypothetical narrative -- Moosbrugger, Frauenzimmer, and the law. 330 $aAs the utopian projection of a world in which the conditional mood is preferred to the indicative, Robert Musil's ambitious novel 'The Man Without Qualities' is widely recognized as a great example of aesthetic modernism and a profound reflection on the 'postmodern condition.' Based on the new and more inclusive English translation by Sophie Wilkins and Burton Pike, this study provides the English-speaking reader with a well-researched commentary that situates Musil's novel in the cultural, literary, and scientific context of the early 20th century. Revealing the novel's many philosophical underpinnings, the study analyzes the intersection of theoretical reflection and aesthetic imagination essential to Musil's programmatic move beyond realism. Thomas Sebastian explores Musil's background in experimental psychology, which he studied under the pioneering psychologist Carl Stumpf, and how it and other strains of scientific thought, including that of Ernst Mach, on whose philosophical ideas Musil wrote his doctoral thesis, are reflected in his great novel. Thomas Sebastian is associate professor of German at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. 410 0$aStudies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered) 517 3 $aThe Intersection of Science & Literature in Musil's 'The Man Without Qualities' 676 $a833/.912 686 $aGM 4904$qBSZ$2rvk 700 $aSebastian$b Thomas$01826217 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911008469103321 996 $aThe intersection of science and literature in Musil's "The man without qualities"$94394184 997 $aUNINA