The Value of Kitsch. Hermann Broch and Robert Musil on Art and Morality
This article examines the discourse on kitsch articulated by Austrian novelists Hermann Broch (1886-1951) and Robert Musil (1880-1942) between 1930 and 1950. In particular, I focus on the ways in which the two novelists draw the distinction of value between real and pseudo art (or kitsch). As I argu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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New Prairie Press
2005-06-01
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Series: | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature |
Online Access: | http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol29/iss2/5 |