Musil Man Without Qualities

MUSIL, ROBERT; PIKE, BURTON (EDITORIAL CONSULTANT). The Man Without Qualities: A Sort Of Introduction, Pseudoreality Prevails, Into The Millennium - Volume 1. Vintage Books, New York: 1995. ISBN: 0679767878

725 pages. Acknowledged as one of the landmark works of the twentieth-century literary modernism, The Man Without Qualities is at once a prodigiously fecund novel of ideas and a pitch-perfect evocation of a lost world, the Austrian empire on the eve of World War I. This elegant new English translation by Sophie Wilkins and Burton Pike is the first to include the complex text of Robert Musil's novel, including material that remained unpublished during the author's lifetime. "A magnificent new edition, expertly and devotedly translated." - The New York Times Book Review Softcover. Very good condition.

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Musil, Robert. [Roger Senhouse]: THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES. Volume III. Translated from the German by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. Uncorrected Proof. London Secker & Warburg 1959 ; sig.; 1. Ed.

[30109] Musil, Robert. THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES: Volume III. Translated by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. London: Secker & Warburg, 1959 [crossed out and with '1960' penned in]. Uncorrected proofs of the first edition in English. Printed wrappers. 8vo. Editor Roger Senhouse's copy with his frequent corrections throughout the text and penciled notes on front and back flyleaves. The corrections are not merely for spelling and grammar but include changes in syntax and wording to bring the translation closer to standard English usage. Laid in are a page-and-a-half of typed "Queries" regarding the precise meaning intended in certain passages. Some general light wear, a very good copy and unique.975 Signed 1st Edition; 1st Edition

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Westphal, Brigitta: Musil-Paraphrasen II Musil-Paraphrases II. Eine künstlerische Auseinandersetzung mit Musils "Mann ohne Eigenschaften" An Artist's Approach to Musils "Man without Qualities" Nachwort: 'Umsetzen von Literatur in Malerei' Vortrag von Brigitta Westphal in Riverside, USA, 1998 Epilog. Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., New York, Wien Peter Lang Vlg. 1999. ISBN: 978-3-906761-90-9
Das Buch enthält 14 Bilder und Skizzen mit Textausschnitten in deutsch und englisch. The book contains 14 paintings and drawings illustrating textual passages in German and English. Immer wieder inspirierte die Literatur Maler zu Buchillustration oder Neugestaltung dichterischer Visionen. Für die Autorin des vorliegenden Bildbandes wurde die Begegnung mit Robert Musils Werk zu einem Schlüsselerlebnis. Aus der engen Verbundenheit zu diesem Dichter entstand bereits 1995 der erste Band "Musil-Paraphrasen", dem nun der zweite folgt. Dieser zweite lädt uns erneut in das in Bildern sehende Lesen des Mann ohne Eigenschaften ein. Die Interpretation Brigitta Westphals kreist um eines der Hauptanliegen der Dichtung Robert Musils: Rationales und Emotionales in Einklang zu bringen. Ein spannender Dialog zwischen Robert Musil und Brigitta Westphal entsteht - ein Dialog, der auf Musils sensible und symbolhafte Sprache mit nuancierten Farbtönen, klaren Formen und geheimnisvollen Bildzeichen antwortet. Literature has time and again inspired painters not only to illustrations in books but also to new interpretations of poetic visions. For the author of this book the artistic encounter with Robert Musil was a crucial experience. Her close attachment to this author has already stimulated the first volume of her "Musil-Paraphrasen", which appeared in 1995; now the second volume follows. Again we are being invited to read The Man Without Qualities in pictures. Brigitta Westphal's interpretation revolves around one of the central themes of Robert Musil's literary work: the attempt to establish a special harmony between the rational and the emotional. The result is a stimulating dialogue between Robert Musil and Brigitta Westphal - a dialogue in which Musil's sensitive and symbolic language is answered with subtle nuances of colours, clear forms, and mysterious symbolic elements.

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Musil, Robert. THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES. THREE VOLUMES. Translated from the German by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. London Secker & Warburg, 1953, 1954, 1960 1953 ; 1. Ed.

Musil, Robert. THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES. THREE VOLUMES. Translated from the German by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. London: Secker & Warburg, 1953, 1954, 1960. First Editions. Translated From the German By Eithne Wilkins & Ernst Kaiser. London: Secker & Warburg, 1953, 1954, 1960. First editions of the English translation. 8vo, publisher's green cloth, labeled in red & gilt on the spines. Three Volumes, 8vo., xxxv, 365; vii, 454; xi, 445. A lovely set in the original near fine or better [correctly priced] dustwrappers. One of the most important novels of the Twentieth Century, a massive, panoramic novel about Vienna on the eve of World War I. Ex-Libris Harvard librarian James Walsh, with his attractive bookplate to front pastedowns of Vols II and III and a neat small bookseller's stamp on the ffe. of Vol. I. A very handsome set presented in a custom crafted slipcase. A great set.1575 1st Edition; 1st Edition

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