Redemption of Things : Collecting and Dispersal in German Realism and Modernism

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ISBN
9781501761553
Book Title
Redemption of Things : Collecting and Dispersal in German Realism and Modernism
Book Series
Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought Ser.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2022
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.2 in
Author
Samuel Frederick
Genre
Literary Criticism, Art, Drama, Philosophy
Topic
European / German, Museum Studies, Aesthetics
Item Weight
23.2 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
348 Pages
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Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
1501761552
ISBN-13
9781501761553
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12050091356

Product Key Features

Book Title
Redemption of Things : Collecting and Dispersal in German Realism and Modernism
Number of Pages
348 Pages
Language
English
Topic
European / German, Museum Studies, Aesthetics
Publication Year
2022
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Art, Drama, Philosophy
Author
Samuel Frederick
Book Series
Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
23.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2021-011477
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Frederick's second book presents a carefully arranged and brilliantly written collection of case studies, encompassing the works of canonical authors of German Realism (Adalbert Stifter, Jeramias Gotthelf, Gottfried Keller) as well as a fairly diverse set of 20th century writers and one filmmaker (Oskar Fischinger, Max Frisch, Friedrich Glauser)., This quietly engaging and eloquent book challenges dominant conceptions about collectability by analyzing the collecting of material things whose immateriality, ephemerality, and presumable undesirability would seem to deter if not defy the very act of collecting. [...] Those appreciative of Austrian and Swiss literature along with scholars interested in material culture, collecting, and nonfunctional or "marginal" objects will likely be most attracted to Frederick's book.
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
830.9353
Table Of Content
Introduction 1. Theorizing Collecting Part I Ephemera 2. Moss (Stifter) 3. The Photographic Instant (Fischinger) Part II Catastrophic Detritus 4. Divine Debris (Gotthelf) 5. Maculature / Zettel (Frisch) Part III Triviality 6. Junk and Containers (Keller) 7. Dust (Glauser) Conclusion
Synopsis
Collecting is usually understood as an activity that bestows permanence, unity, and meaning on otherwise scattered and ephemeral objects. In The Redemption of Things , Samuel Frederick emphasizes that to collect things, however, always entails displacing, immobilizing, and potentially disfiguring them, too. He argues that the dispersal of objects, seemingly antithetical to the collector's task, is essential to the logic of gathering and preservation. Through analyses of collecting as a dialectical process of preservation and loss, The Redemption of Things illustrates this paradox by focusing on objects that challenge notions of collectability: ephemera, detritus, and trivialities such as moss, junk, paper scraps, dust, scent, and the transitory moment. In meticulous close readings of works by Gotthelf, Stifter, Keller, Rilke, Glauser, and Frisch, and by examining an experimental film by Oskar Fischinger, Frederick reveals how the difficulties posed by these fleeting, fragile, and forsaken objects help to reconceptualize collecting as a poetic activity that makes the world of scattered things uniquely palpable and knowable.
LC Classification Number
BH301.O24F74 2022

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