Skip Navigation

Forum for Modern Language Studies 2004 40(3):329-338; doi:10.1093/fmls/40.3.329
© 2004 by Court of the University of St Andrews
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Heath, J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

The Legacy of the Baroque in the Novels of Joseph Roth

John Heath

Pembroke College, Cambridge, CB2 1RF, United Kingdom

Joseph Roth's later fiction displays several aspects of the Baroque heritage, a feature of his writing which has been repeatedly underestimated. The novels Radetzkymarsch and Die Kapuzinergruft display the themes of memento mori, vanitas, Irrgang, ordo and ratio, as well as structural similarities with literary works of that period. This influence is ultimately ascribed to Roth's fascination with the Habsburg monarchy and to his attempt to impose order onto a post-Habsburg world experienced as chaotic.

Key Words: Roth, Joseph; Baroque; Twentieth-century novel; Radetzkymarsch; Kapuzinergruft; Habsburg


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.