The Chain of Things : Divinatory Magic and the Practice of Reading in German Literature and Thought, 1850-1940

The Chain of Things Divinatory Magic and the Practice of Reading in German Literature and Thought, 1850-1940

In The Chain of Things, Eric Downing shows how the connection between divinatory magic and reading shaped the experience of reading and aesthetics among nineteenth-century realists and modernist thinkers. He explores how writers, artists, and critics such as Gottfried Keller, Theodor Fontane, and Wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Downing, Eric, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press [2018]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Aesthetics, German > 20th century.
Aesthetics, German > 19th century.
Magic in literature.
Divination in literature.
Books and reading > Germany > History > 20th century.
Books and reading > Germany > History > 19th century.
German literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
German literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009729839206719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Painting Magic in Keller's Green Henry
  • 2. Speaking Magic in Fontane's The Stechlin
  • 3. Reading Magic in Walter Benjamin
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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