At the limit of the obscene: german realism and the disgrace of matter
Auteur :
Weitzman, Erica
Éditeur :
Northwestern University Press
ISBN :
9780810143166
Date de publication :
15 févr. 2021
Dimensions :
22,6 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
375 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Examines the fear of materiality in German-language realist and postrealist literature. The book argues that with German literature's turn in the mid-nineteenth century to the depiction of the profane, sensual world, anxiety emerged about the terms of that depiction.