Textual Memory: Five Hundred Years of German Intellectual History (Geschichte)
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (877 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3825880400 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
After considering the relationship between history and texts theoretically, a set of case studies examines how these texts address significant aspects of German intellectual history, including the idea of resistance, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Zionism, and Holocaust representation. This book explores how literary, operatic, and cinematic texts can be productively examined by historians. (Series: Geschichte - Vol. 58). Such texts give insights into how specific ideas were understood at a certain time and, by analyzing how these sources are thrown into relief, historians can gain fresh perspectives