Shadows of Reality by Clive Scott - ISBN: 9780262548298
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Sebald’s photographs reveal hidden depths of his writing life and process.

Shadows of Reality

A Catalogue of W.G. Sebald’s Photographic Materials

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    464 pages

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    16 January 2024

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Summary

The first-ever volume of the photographs of German writer W.G. Sebald, exquisitely designed to shed new light on his creative process, as it chronicles the images and encounters that shaped his writing life.

Shadows of Reality presents a unique, fully illustrated catalogue of W.G. Sebald’s photographs—an extraordinary combination of film negatives, prints, and slides from the University of East Anglia’s photographic collection, the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach, and the Sebald Est…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262548298
ISBN-10:0262548291
Author:Clive Scott, Nick Warr
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:16 January 2024
Weight:2.05kg
Dimensions:286mm x 249mm x 37mm
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About The Author

Clive Scott

Clive Scott is Emeritus Professor of European Literature at the University of East Anglia and an Emeritus fellow of the British Academy. Among his many roles and honors, he was President of the Modern Humanities Research Association and Head of the School of Literature and Creative Writing, and he received the R. Gapper Book Prize in 2004 for Channel Crossings- French and English Poetry in Dialogue 1550-2000.

Nick Warr is Lecturer in Art History and Curation in the School of Art, Media, and American Studies at the University of East Anglia. He is also Curator of Photographic Collections, Course Director of Art History and World Art Studies, and Academic Director of the East Anglian Film Archive.

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