A Future Happening: The Man Without Qualities' Unfinishable History.

Robert Musil's monumental, unfinished novel The Man Without Qualities (1930–1943) utilizes its vast possibilities to inscribe a re-figuration of dominant historical materialism. It reflects on different approaches to history beyond a "mnemotechnic" of inscription, instead encouraging engagement with...

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Published in:	Journal of Modern Literature Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 1 - 20
Main Author:	Dutton, James
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Indiana University Press Summer2025
Subjects:	Man Without Qualities, The (Book) Musil, Robert, 1880-1942 Materialism Hermeneutics Inscriptions 20th century (Literary period)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost