The look of things : poetry and vision around 1900 /

Examining the relationship between German poetry, philosophy and visual media around 1900, the author argues that the poetic works of Rilke, von Hofmannsthal and George focused on the visible gestalt of language as a means of competing with the increasing popularity of photography and film.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strathausen, Carsten
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2003.
Series:University of North Carolina studies in the Germanic languages and literatures ; no. 126.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Examining the relationship between German poetry, philosophy and visual media around 1900, the author argues that the poetic works of Rilke, von Hofmannsthal and George focused on the visible gestalt of language as a means of competing with the increasing popularity of photography and film.
Physical Description:1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and index.
ISBN:0807863238
9780807863237
0807881260
9780807881262
9781469658452
1469658453