The Sense of Semblance : Philosophical Analyses of Holocaust Art /

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"Drawing on work in contemporary analytic philosophy and Adorno's normative aesthetic theory, this book aims to show how selected Holocaust artworks in a variety of media (lyric poetry by Paul Celan, Holocaust memorials, quotational texts by Heimrad Bc̃ker, Claude Lanzmann's film Shoa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pickford, Henry W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
Edition:FIrst edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and the arts.
HISTORY > Holocaust.
PHILOSOPHY > Aesthetics.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Jewish.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Drawing on work in contemporary analytic philosophy and Adorno's normative aesthetic theory, this book aims to show how selected Holocaust artworks in a variety of media (lyric poetry by Paul Celan, Holocaust memorials, quotational texts by Heimrad Bc̃ker, Claude Lanzmann's film Shoah and Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus) fulfill both aesthetic and historical requirements of the genre"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780823245437

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