Gaslight
Lantern Slides from the Nineteenth Century
$32.40
- Paperback
172 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2017
Summary
A one-of-a-kind exploration of the nineteenth century that ties the time period to our own through essays on a variety of topics in music, film, literature, and art.
In Gaslight, Joachim Kalka delves into the mythos of the nineteenth century, exploring our fascination with its “auratic gaslight,” its mingling of romanticism and modernity, enlightenment and darkness. Here we find the roots of our contemporary preoccupations: gender roles and sexuality, terrorism and technology…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781681371184 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1681371189 |
| Author: | Isabel Fargo Cole, Joachim Kalka |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | New York Review Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 172 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2017 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 140mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
“Kalka is stupendously well-read, and uses this range to make all sorts of unexpected links.” –Stephan Speicher, Sddeutsche Zeitung
“Kalka is stupendously well-read, and uses this range to make all sorts of unexpected links.” —Stephan Speicher, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Isabel Fargo Cole
Joachim Kalka is an essayist, literary critic, and translator of authors such as Martin Amis, Angela Carter, G.K. Chesterton, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Christopher Isherwood, and Gilbert Sorrentino. He lives in Leipzig, Germany.
Isabel Fargo Cole is a writer and a translator of such authors as Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Franz Fühmann, Wolfgang Hilbig, and Klaus Hoffer. She lives in Berlin, Germany.
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