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1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations. |
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Series |
University of North Carolina studies in the Germanic languages and literatures ; no. 126 |
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University of North Carolina studies in the Germanic languages and literatures ; no. 126.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and index. |
Contents |
Speaking gaze of modernity -- Intuition and language -- Aestheticism, romanticism, and the body of language -- Hofmannsthal and the voice of language -- Rilke's stereoscopic vision -- Other as same: the politics of the George Circle. |
Summary |
"Examining the relationship between German poetry, philosophy, and visual media around 1900, Carsten Strathausen argues that the poetic works of Rainer Maria Rilke, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and Stefan George focused on the visible gestalt of language as a means of competing aesthetically with the increasing popularity and "reality effect" of photography and film." "Poetry around 1900 self-reflectively celebrated its own words as both transparent signs and material objects, Strathausen says. In Aestheticism, this means that language harbors the potential to literally present the things it signifies. Rather than simply describing or picturing the physical experience of looking, as critics have commonly maintained, modernist poetry claims to enable a more profound kind of perception that grants intuitive insights into the very texture of the natural world."--Jacket. |
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Print version record. |
Subject |
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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George, Stefan, 1868-1933 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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George, Stefan, 1868-1933. (OCoLC)fst01800906
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Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929. (OCoLC)fst00038506
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Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926. (OCoLC)fst00033946
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George, Stefan 1868-1933.
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Hofmannsthal, Hugo von 1874-1929.
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Rilke, Rainer Maria 1875-1926.
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German poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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German poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Aestheticism (Literature)
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Aestheticism (Literature) (OCoLC)fst00798701
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German poetry. (OCoLC)fst00941930
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Beeldende kunsten.
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Esthetica.
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Letterkunde.
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Duits.
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Lyrik.
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Sehen Motiv.
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Fin de siècle.
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Deutsch.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Other Form: |
Print version: Strathausen, Carsten. Look of things. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2003 0807881260 (DLC) 2002152317 (OCoLC)51264612 |
ISBN |
9781469658452 (electronic book) |
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1469658453 (electronic book) |
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