Hermann Broch
Austrian novelist whose densely philosophical fiction addressed the collapse of European civilization. The Death of Virgil is an extraordinary stream-of-consciousness meditation on art, death, and responsibility.
Works
- The SleepwalkersTrilogy tracing collapse of traditional values during World War I era
- The Death of VirgilMetaphysical novel of Virgil's final hours reflecting on death and art
- The GuiltlessNovel about innocents caught in historical chaos of modern era
- The SpellNovel of seduction and political manipulation in Nazi Austria
- Hofmannsthal and His TimeEssay on Austrian writer Hofmannsthal and his cultural moment