Prague, Capital of the Twentieth Century A Surrealist History.

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The story of modernity told through a cultural history of twentieth-century PragueSetting out to recover the roots of modernity in the boulevards, interiors, and arcades of the "city of light," Walter Benjamin dubbed Paris "the capital of the nineteenth century." In this eagerly...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sayer, Derek
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Temas:
1900-1999
Surrealism > Czech Republic > Prague.
Surréalisme > République tchèque > Prague.
Civilization.
Surrealism.
Prague (Czech Republic) > Civilization > 20th century.
Czech Republic > Prague.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Translation and Pronunciation
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Starry Castle Opens
  • The Surrealist Situation of the Object
  • A Choice of Abdications
  • 2. Zone
  • Le passant de Prague
  • This Little Mother Has Claws
  • The Time of Ardent Reason
  • The Hangman and the Poet
  • Tongues Come to Life
  • 3. Metamorphoses
  • The Origin of Robots
  • A Beautiful Garden Next Door to History
  • Suicide Lane
  • Franz Kafka's Dream
  • Do You Speak German? Are You a Jew?
  • Fantasy Land. Entry 1 Crown
  • The Precious Legacy
  • 4. Modernism in the Plural
  • Alfons Mucha, Steel and Concrete
  • The Ghosts of Futures Past
  • From the Window of the Grand Café Orient
  • Granny's Valley
  • The Electric Century
  • All the Beauties of the World
  • 5. Body Politic
  • The Silent Woman
  • The Poetry of Future Memories
  • Renaissance Ballet
  • Beautiful Ideas That Kill
  • Sexual Nocturne
  • Cut with a Kitchen Knife
  • A War Economy, Words of Command, and Gas
  • 6. On the Edge of an Abyss
  • The Beautiful Gardener
  • The Bride Stripped Bare
  • Gulping for Air and Violence
  • Orders of Things
  • L'origine du monde
  • Dreams of Venus
  • A Girl with a Baton
  • 7. Love's Boat Shattered against Everyday Life
  • A National Tragedy with Pretty Legs
  • The Poet Assassinated
  • A Wall as Thick as Eternity
  • Didier Desroches
  • Am I Not Right, Jan Hus?
  • Messalina's Shoulder in the Gaslight
  • That Familiar White Darkness
  • 8. The Gold of Time
  • The Necromancer's Junk Room
  • The Prague-Paris Telephone
  • The Dancing House
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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