The Chain Of Things: Divinatory Magic And The Practice Of Reading In German Literature And Thought, 1850–1940 (Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, And Thought) - 9781501715907

Shows how the connection between divinatory magic and reading shaped the experience of reading and aesthetics among nineteenth-century realists and modernist thinkers, including writers, artists, and critics such as Gottfried Keller, Theodor Fontane, and Walter Benjamin--

• | Author: Eric Downing
• | Publisher: Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library
• | Publication Date: Apr 15, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 366 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1501715909
• | ISBN-13: 9781501715907