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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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Nineteenth century – popular culture – technology in literature – railroad disaster –
melodrama

Insane Run: Railroad and Dark Modernity

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    A Hardback by Teresa Fazan, Jan Burzyński, Mikołaj Golubiewski

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/08/2020
      ISBN13: 9783631831823, 978-3631831823
      ISBN10: 363183182X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      Nineteenth century – popular culture – technology in literature – railroad disaster –
      melodrama

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