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The Chain of Things: Divinatory Magic and the Practice of Reading in German Literature and Thought, 1850–1940 - Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought Eric Downing
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The Chain of Things: Divinatory Magic and the Practice of Reading in German Literature and Thought, 1850–1940 - Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought
Eric Downing
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 Walter Benjamin drew on the ancient practice of...
366 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 15, 2018 |
| ISBN13 | 9781501715907 |
| Publishers | Cornell University Press |
| Pages | 366 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 30 mm · 907 g |
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