Night Passages
Philosophy, Literature, and Film
In the beginning was the night. All light, shapes, language, and subjective consciousness, as well as the world and art depicting them, emerged from this formless chaos. In fantasy, we seek to return to this original darkness. Particularly in literature, visual representations, and film, the night resiliently resurfaces from the margins of the knowable, acting as a stage and state of mind in which exceptional perceptions, discoveries, and decisions play out. Elisabeth Bronfen investigates the nocturnal spaces in which extraordinary events unfold, and casts a critical eye into the darkness that enables the irrational exploration of desire, tr…
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Weitere Autoren: Brenner, David (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-231-14798-9
- EAN: 9780231147989
- Produktnummer: 15183251
- Verlag: Columbia University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 496 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.0 cm 737 g
- Abbildungen: Figures: 21,
- Gewicht: 737
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Elisabeth Bronfen is professor of English and American studies at the University of Zurich. Her numerous books include Specters of War: Hollywood's Engagement with Military Conflict; Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity, and the Aesthetic; The Knotted Subject: Hysteria and Its Discontents; and Home in Hollywood: The Imaginary Geography of Cinema.
53 weitere Werke von Elisabeth Bronfen:
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Philosophy, Literature, and Film
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