Dark lens : imaging Germany, 1945 / Françoise Meltzer.
Dark lens : imaging Germany, 1945 / Françoise Meltzer.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2019/4755
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Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xv, 240 pages ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
What I remember -- By way of beginning -- When words fail: writing disaster -- Ruination in painting: making the unspeakable visible -- Through a lens, darkly: texts and images -- Suffering and victimization -- Foregone and other conclusions.
Publication information
Publisher
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2019.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"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...
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Full title
Dark lens : imaging Germany, 1945 / Françoise Meltzer.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2019
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Call Numbers
G 2019/4755
Record Identifier
74VKV5rQEe4Z
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV5rQEe4Z
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ISBN
9780226625638 hardcover alkaline paper
022662563X hardcover alkaline paper
DDC
700.458405343
MMS ID
991024269636002626
