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Author:
Gelderloos, Carl, author.
Title:
Biological modernism : the new human in Weimar culture / Carl Gelderloos.
Publisher:
Northwestern University Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
x, 226 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
1900-1999
German literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)--Germany.
Human beings in literature.
Biology in literature.
Biology in literature.
German literature.
Human beings in literature.
Modernism (Literature)
Germany.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction. Modern German Culture in a Life Crisis -- Helmuth Plessner's Eccentric Human among the Disciplines -- Photography's Natural Histories in the Weimar Republic -- Döblin's Epic Embodied -- Organic Modernization: Wholeness and Development in Ernst Jünger's The Worker -- Conclusion
Summary:
"Biological Modernism details how German writers during the Weimar Republic drew on discourses and tropes from the biological sciences to redefine the human being for a modern, technological age"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0810141337
9780810141339
0810141329
9780810141322
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1089872808
LCCN:
2019027207
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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