Insane Run Railroad and Dark Modernity
This is a book about impending catastrophe. The metaphorical insane "run" ends with the outbreak of the First World War. The book focuses on European culture of the late nineteenth century and the Polish contribution to it. The word "dark" used to describe modernity is understood...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bern
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
2020
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| Series: | Modernity in Question
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| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This is a book about impending catastrophe. The metaphorical insane "run" ends with the outbreak of the First World War. The book focuses on European culture of the late nineteenth century and the Polish contribution to it. The word "dark" used to describe modernity is understood as a metaphor of gradual and permanent devaluation of the idea of progress, as a fading hope for the future of Europe as bright, predictable, prosperous, and safe. The "darkening" also receives a literal sense. At the end of the nineteenth century, darkness found its way back to the public space - in the theaters, panoramas, dioramas, and "love tunnels", which awaited the visitors of American and European amusement parks. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (306 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783631831823 9783631832196 9783631832172 b17421 9783631832189 |