Ein Schlachtfeld der Zuschreibung von Autorschaft. Musils propagandistische Beiträge in der Frontzeitung «Heimat» (1918)

[A battlefield for authorship attribution. Musil’s propaganda contributions in the soldier’s newspaper «Heimat» (1918)]

Abstract

This study focuses on Musil’s contributions to Heimat, a propaganda newspaper published by the k.u.k. Kriegspressequartier during the last months of World War I. As the authorship of the Heimat articles is controversial, we performed a series of stylometric analyses, which allowed us to attribute ten texts to the Austrian writer. Our approach introduces new elements and data into the debate on authorship, thus opening a productive dialogue between computational, archival and stylistic research.