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 /

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"Shows how the connection between divinatory magic and reading shaped the experience of reading and aesthetics among nineteenth-century realists and modernist thinkers, including writers, artists, and critics such as Gottfried Keller, Theodor Fontane, and Walter Benjamin"--

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Main Author: Downing, Eric (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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.
Magie > Motiv
Divination > Motiv
German literature.
Books and reading.
Aesthetics, German.
Esthetique allemande > 20e siecle.
Esthetique allemande > 19e siecle.
Magie dans la litterature.
Divination dans la litterature.
Livres et lecture > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Livres et lecture > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Litterature allemande > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature allemande > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Germany.
Keller, Gottfried > 1819-1890 > Der grüne Heinrich > 1854-1855
Fontane, Theodor > 1819-1898 > Der Stechlin
Benjamin, Walter > 1892-1940
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Painting magic in Keller's Green Henry
  • Speaking magic in Fontane's The Stechlin
  • Reading magic in Walter Benjamin.

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