Violent Modernists The Aesthetics of Destruction in Twentieth-Century German Literature

Kai Evers's Violent Modernists: The Aesthetics of Destruction in Twentieth-Century German Literature develops a new understanding of German modernism that moves beyond the oversimplified dichotomy of an avant-garde prone to aggression on the one hand and a modernism opposed to violence on the o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Evers, Kai author (author)
Formato: Electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Evanston, Illinois Northwestern University Press 2013
Chicago : 2013.
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Sumario:Kai Evers's Violent Modernists: The Aesthetics of Destruction in Twentieth-Century German Literature develops a new understanding of German modernism that moves beyond the oversimplified dichotomy of an avant-garde prone to aggression on the one hand and a modernism opposed to violence on the other. Analyzing works by Robert Musil, Franz Kafka, Karl Kraus, Walter Benjamin, Elias Canetti, and others, Evers argues that these authors are among the most innovative thinkers on violence and its impact on contemporary concepts of the self, history, and society.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (1 p.)
ISBN:9780810129306