The sense of semblance : philosophical analyses of Holocaust art / Henry W. Pickford.
The sense of semblance : philosophical analyses of Holocaust art / Henry W. Pickford.
The sense of semblance : philosophical analyses of Holocaust art / Henry W. Pickford.
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Publisher
New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
Date
2013.
Call Numbers
G 2013/735
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Mandelshtam's Meridian: On Paul Celan's Aesthetic-Historical Materialism -- 2.Conflict and Commemoration: Two Berlin Memorials -- 3.The Aesthetics of Historical Quotation: On Heimrad Backer's "System nachschrift" -- 4.The Aesthetic-Historical Imaginary: On Shoah an...
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Publisher
New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2013.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish
- PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics
- HISTORY / Holocaust
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Summary
"Drawing on work in contemporary analytic philosophy and Adorno's normative aesthetic theory, this book aims to show how selected Holocaust artworks in a variety of media (lyric poetry by Paul Celan, Holocaust memorials, quotational texts by Heimrad Bc̃ker, Claude Lanzmann's film Shoah and Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus) fulfill both aesthetic...
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The sense of semblance : philosophical analyses of Holocaust art / Henry W. Pickford.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index.
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G 2013/735
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74VvBxrXxMGA
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ISBN
9780823245406 (hardback)
DDC
700.458405318
MMS ID
991016585159702626
