Joseph Roth, Radetzkymarsch [The Radetzky March]

Ana Foteva (Saint Lawrence University)

Ed. by Jennifer Marston William, Purdue University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.2: German-language Writing and Culture: Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, 800-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1932

Places

Ukraine (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Through the story of the Slovenian peasant family Trotta, which ascends to nobility, Joseph Roth (1894-1939) depicts in the novel The Radetzky March (1932) the last half-century of the Habsburg Monarchy. Written from a post-Habsburg perspective and considered to be Roth’s most significant novel, The Radetzky March also marks a very important boundary in Roth’s œuvre – between works written before and after the Nazis’ rise to power in Germany. The slightly ironic perspective towards the Habsburg Monarchy present in The Radetzky March disappears from Roth’s works written after 1933, on account of his hopes that only the restoration of the supranational empire could prevent the victorious march of …

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Citation: Foteva, Ana. "Radetzkymarsch". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 March 2009 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=16142, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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