Tropics of Vienna : Austrian colonial utopias, 1870-1900 / / Ulrich E. Bach

• Autore: Bach Ulrich E.
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (152 p.)
• Disciplina: 830.9/943613
• Soggetto topico: Austrian literature - Austria - Vienna - History and criticism; Austrian literature - 19th century - History and criticism; Utopias in literature; Colonies in literature
• Soggetto geografico: Vienna (Austria) Intellectual life 19th century
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro; Tropics of Vienna ; Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Chapter 1 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch ; Chapter 2 Lazar von Hellenbach ; Chapter 3 Theodor Hertzka ; Chapter 4 Theodor Herzl ; Chapter 5 Robert Müller ; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Austrian Empire was not a colonial power in the sense that fellow actors like 19th-century England and France were. It nevertheless oversaw a multinational federation where the capital of Vienna was unmistakably linked with its eastern periphery in a quasi-colonial arrangement that inevitably shaped the cultural and intellectual life of the Habsburg Empire. This was particularly evident in the era’s colonial utopian writing, and Tropics of Vienna blends literary criticism, cultural theory, and historical analysis to illuminate this curious genre. By analyzing the works of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Theodor Herzl, Joseph Roth, and other representative Austrian writers, it reveals a shared longing for alternative social and spatial configurations beyond the concept of the “nation-state” prevalent at the time.
• Titolo autorizzato: Tropics of Vienna
• ISBN: 1-78533-133-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827830203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Austrian and Habsburg studies ; ; Volume 19.