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1 online resource (208 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Critical plant studies: philosophy, literature, culture ; volume 2
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Critical plant studies ; 2.
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| Summary |
"In Media, Modernity and Dynamic Plants, Janet Janzen traces the motif of the "dynamic plant" through film and literature in early 20th century German culture. Often discussed solely as symbols or metaphors of the human experience, plants become here the primary focus and their role in literature and film is extended beyond their symbolic function. Plants have been (and still are) seen as closer to static objects than to living, moving beings. Making use of examples from film and literature, Janet Janzen demonstrates a shift in the perception of plants-as-objects to plants-as-living-beings that can be attributed to new technology and also to the return of Romantic and Vitalistic discourses on nature."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Flying Plants: Imaginary Media as a Model for Representing the Plant Soul in Kurd Lasswitz's Sternentau: Die Pflanze vom Neptunsmond (1909) -- Animating Glass: Representing the Elusive Plant Soul in Paul Scheerbart's "Flora Mohr: eine Glasblumen-Novelle" (1909) -- Empathetic Media: Film and the "Gestures" of Plants in Das Blumenwunder (1926) -- The Radical Other: The Metamorphosis of Humans and Animals into Plants in Gustav Meyrink's "Die Pflanzen des Doktor Cinderella" (1905) -- The Plant Bites! Deviant Plants in Nosferatu and Alraune as Metaphors for Social Instability in Weimar Culture -- Conclusion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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German literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Plants in literature.
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Plants in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Janzen, Janet Lindeblad. Media, modernity, and dynamic plants in early 20th century German culture. Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, 2016 9789004327160 (DLC) 2016027435 |
| ISBN |
9004327177 (E-book) |
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9789004327177 (electronic book) |
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9789004327160 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004327169 |
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9789004327160 |
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