Dark Lens - Imaging Germany, 1945

Informationen zum Autor Françoise Meltzer is the Edward Carson Waller Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities, professor in the Divinity School and the College, and chair of comparative literature at the University of Chicago. Klappentext "This book draws on literature, painting, and a never-before-seen cache of photographs to explore the representation of catastrophe and the targeting of civilians in war. Focusing on images of Nazi Germany's bombed-out cities, the author connects the fraught aesthetics of ruins with the problem of how to acknowledge German suffering."--Provided by publisher. Zusammenfassung "This book draws on literature, painting, and a never-before-seen cache of photographs to explore the representation of catastrophe and the targeting of civilians in war. Focusing on images of Nazi Germany's bombed-out cities, the author connects the fraught aesthetics of ruins with the problem of how to acknowledge German suffering."--Provided by

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Francoise Meltzer, Françoise Meltzer, Meltzer Francoise
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780226625638
• ISBN: 978-0-226-62563-8
• Pagine: 256
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; Viaggi > Guide turistiche; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, ART / Criticism & Theory, PHOTOGRAPHY / Criticism, Photographs: collections, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Literary studies: from c 1900 -, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General