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 - Books - Cornell University Press - 9781501715914 - April 15, 2018
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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

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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     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 15, 2018
ISBN13 9781501715914
Publishers Cornell University Press
Pages 366
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 24 mm   ·   907 g

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