<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> The Austrian author Robert Musil (1880–1942) was a soldier, engineer, and trained philosopher. Besides his fragmentary novel The Man Without Qualities (1930/32), his works include plays, stories, essays, reviews and an extensive legacy. This handbook offers a broad overview of Musil’s life, work and impact. It also opens multiple research perspectives on one of the most important works of German classical modernity.