These essays give new insight into the work of two Austrian writers exiled in the United States: "Charles Sealsfield," a runaway monk writing in English; and Ferdinand Kurnberger. A close reading of Kafka in the light of homosexual revelations from his recently published diaries, and a re-interpretation of Joseph Roth's Radetzkymarsch add to our understanding of masculinity, while a fresh look at Ingeborg Bachmann's novel Maline reveals much about gender relations in the period.
These essays give new insight into the work of two Austrian writers exiled in the United States: "Charles Sealsfield," a runaway monk writing in English; and Ferdinand Kurnberger. A close reading of Kafka in the light of homosexual revelations from his recently published diaries, and a re-interpretation of Joseph Roth's Radetzkymarsch add to our understanding of masculinity, while a fresh look at Ingeborg Bachmann's novel Maline reveals much about gender relations in the period.