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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Patrizia C. McBride
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 2005-06-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol29/iss2/5