Habituation in German modernism : embodied cognition in literature and thought / Meindert Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peters, Meindert, author.

Series:

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--20th century--History and criticism.

German literature.

Modernism (Literature)--Germany.

Modernism (Literature).

Habit in literature.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

x, 231 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2024.

Summary:

"Joins a growing body of scholarship dealing with the productive relationship between literature and cognitive studies while also positing a new theory of modernism. How do we habituate ourselves to environments that are not yet, or no longer, familiar? What is at stake in adapting our behavior to new or changed situations? The present study explores these questions by bringing German literature and thought of the early twentieth century - a time of immense social and material change in Europe - into dialogue with contemporary research in embodied cognition. In six close readings of texts by Vicki Baum, Walter Benjamin, Alfred Döblin, Martin Heidegger, Georg Kaiser, and Rainer Maria Rilke, it brings into relief German modernism's concerns over how we adapt our behavior to environments that are new, changed, and/or changing. Rather than emphasizing the alienation and isolation that these texts investigate regarding the modern urban experience, as much of the research on literary modernism has traditionally done, Meindert Peters's book draws out the more dynamic moments of mastery, responsiveness, and cooperation that underpin habituation. Moreover, it extends these questions of habituation to the function of literature itself by showing how modernist forms invite engagement and participation. Habituation in German Modernism not only joins a growing body of scholarship dealing with the productive relationship between literature and cognitive studies but also posits a new theory of modernism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"Habit Has Not Yet Done Its Work"

Martin Heidegger's Sein und Zeit : Situating Ourselves; Worlding the Body

Rainer Maria Rilke's Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge : Writing as Practice

Georg Kaiser's Von morgens bis mitternachts and Karlheinz Martin's Film Adaptation : Ecstatic Experience

Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz : The Affordances of Others

Walter Benjamin's Einbahnstraβe and Its Nachtragsliste : Critical Responsiveness

Vicki Baum's Menschen im Hotel : Warmth

Evolving Form

Appendix : Translation of "Duitsche Literatuur" (1929) / by Chris de Graaff.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Peters, Meindert. Habituation in German modernism

ISBN:

9781640141629

1640141626

OCLC:

1426762310