The threat and allure of the magical : selected papers from the 17th Annual Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference, University of California, Berkeley / edited by Ashwin Manthripragada, Emina Musanovic and Dagmar Theison.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Annual Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Manthripragada, Ashwin, editor.

Mušanović, Emina, editor.

Theison, Dagmar, editor.

Conference Name:

Annual Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference (17th : 2009 : University of California, Berkeley)

Annual Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--History and criticism--Congresses.

German literature.

Magic in literature--Congresses.

Magic in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of essays is borne out of the 17th Annual Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference at the University of California, Berkeley. The essays gathered here cover a broad range of topics moving from intersections between the occult and the political, to the entanglement of conceptions of the magical, modernity, media, and aesthetics. The first two essays primarily rely on historical analysis and present a wealth of original research. One chronicles the construction of the witch ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; EDITORS'' FOREWORD; PURSUING THE INSIDE OTHER; NAZI PERCEPTIONS OF ESOTERICISM; SNOW WHITE''S TAINTED LOVE; MARVELLOUS MECHANICAL MARIONETTES; THE NARRATIVE COLLAPSE OF REALITY, AND GRASPING-; MABUSE'S MAGICAL MEDIA, AND THE DISENCHANTMENT OF THE SPECTACLE

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4438-6586-9

OCLC:

887508340