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The Aesthetics of Resistance, Volume II – A Novel

Autor Peter Weiss, Joel Scott
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 feb 2020
A major literary event, the publication of the second volume of Peter Weiss's three-volume novel The Aesthetics of Resistance makes one of the towering works of twentieth-century German literature available to English-speaking readers for the first time. The crowning achievement of Peter Weiss, the internationally renowned writer best known for his play Marat/Sade, The Aesthetics of Resistance spans the period from the late 1930s to World War II, dramatizing antifascist resistance and the rise and fall of proletarian political parties in Europe. Volume II, initially published in 1978, opens with the unnamed narrator in Paris after having retreated from the front lines of the Spanish Civil War. From there, he moves on to Stockholm, where he works in a factory, becomes involved with the Communist Party, and meets Bertolt Brecht. Featuring the narrator's extended meditations on paintings, sculpture, and literature, the novel teems with characters, almost all of whom are based on historical figures. Throughout, the narrator explores the affinity between political resistance and art--the connection at the heart of Weiss's novel. Weiss suggests that meaning lies in embracing resistance, no matter how intense the oppression, and that we must look to art for new models of political action and social understanding. The Aesthetics of Resistance is one of the truly great works of postwar German literature and an essential resource for understanding twentieth-century German history.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781478006992
ISBN-10: 1478006994
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:Translated from
Editura: MD – Duke University Press

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Cuprins

Translator's Acknowledgments  ix
The Aesthetics of Resistance, volume II  1
Afterword to the New Berlin Edition / Jürgen Schutte  309
Glossary  313

Descriere

Originally published in German in 1978 and appearing here in English for the first time, the second volume of Peter Weiss's three-volume novel The Aesthetics of Resistance depicts anti-fascist resistance, radical proletarian political movements, and the relationship between art and resistance from the late 1930s to World War II.