Perloff, Marjorie
Edge of Irony: Modernism in the Shadow of the Habsburg Empire
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226566177
- author:
- Perloff, Marjorie
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 22.61 x 15.24 x 1.78 centimetres
- Genre:
- History, Europe, Austria & Hungary,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Austro-Modernist movement emerged from the cultural and intellectual landscape of the Habsburg Empire's dissolution in 1918. Marjorie Perloff explores this aesthetic world, identifying key works that reveal a unique blend of irony, exile, and sensibility. Austro-Modernism is characterized by a radical irony beneath its seemingly conventional surface, an acute sense of displacement, and a more erotic and quixotic sensibility than its German contemporaries. This literary movement produced a diverse body of drama, fiction, poetry, and autobiography, including works by Karl Kraus, Elias Canetti, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Paul Celan. Perloff's study offers a nuanced understanding of Austro-Modernism, one that challenges traditional notions of modernism and highlights the complexities of this fascinating literary movement.
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