Light Club - On Paul Scheerbart''s 'The Light Club of Batavia'

Zusammenfassung Paul Scheerbart (1863-1915) was a visionary German novelist, theorist, poet, and artist. He was fascinated with the potential of glass as a medium for expressionist architecture. This title describes Scheerbart's life, and explains the ways in which 'The Light Club of Batavia' inspired him to produce art of uncommon breadth.

Product details

• Authors: Josiah McElheny
• Assisted by: Wilhelm Werthern (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2010
• EAN: 9780226514574
• ISBN: 978-0-226-51457-4
• No. of pages: 104
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, german, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form