Media, modernity, and dynamic plants in early 20th century German culture /

"In Media, Modernity and Dynamic Plants, Janet Janzen traces the motif of the "dynamic plant" through film and literature in early 20th century German culture. Often discussed solely as symbols or metaphors of the human experience, plants become here the primary focus and their role i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Janzen, Janet Lindeblad (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, 2016.
Series:Critical plant studies ; 2.
Subjects:
1900-1999
German literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Plants in literature.
Littérature allemande > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Plantes dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
German literature
Plants in literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Flying Plants: Imaginary Media as a Model for Representing the Plant Soul in Kurd Lasswitz's Sternentau: Die Pflanze vom Neptunsmond (1909)
  • Animating Glass: Representing the Elusive Plant Soul in Paul Scheerbart's "Flora Mohr: eine Glasblumen-Novelle" (1909)
  • Empathetic Media: Film and the "Gestures" of Plants in Das Blumenwunder (1926)
  • The Radical Other: The Metamorphosis of Humans and Animals into Plants in Gustav Meyrink's "Die Pflanzen des Doktor Cinderella" (1905)
  • The Plant Bites! Deviant Plants in Nosferatu and Alraune as Metaphors for Social Instability in Weimar Culture
  • Conclusion.

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