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The author, a noted literary critic, presents a selection of his thought on Balzac, Valery, Dickens, Goethe, Heine, Hoelderlin, lyric poetry, realism, the essay and the contemporary novel.

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"Adorno's Notes to Literature, which begins with the high leap of his great essay 'The Essay as Form,' sets an inimitable, always exhilarating standard. A volume of Adorno's essays is equivalent to a whole shelf of books on literature." -- Susan Sontag

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The essay as form; on epic naivete; the position of the narrator in the contemporary novel; on lyric poetry and society; in memory of Eichendorff; Heine the wound; looking back on surrealism; punctuation marks; the artist as deputy; on the final scene of "Faust"; reading Balzac; Valery's deviations; short commentaries on Proust; words from abroad; Ernst Bloch's "Spuren"; extorted reconciliation - on George Lukacs' "Realism in Our Time"; trying to understand "Endgame".

Notes to Literature

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    A Paperback / softback by Theodor W. Adorno, Rolf Tiedemann, Shierry Weber Nicholson

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 17/06/1993
      ISBN13: 9780231063333, 978-0231063333
      ISBN10: 0231063334

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The author, a noted literary critic, presents a selection of his thought on Balzac, Valery, Dickens, Goethe, Heine, Hoelderlin, lyric poetry, realism, the essay and the contemporary novel.

      Trade Review
      "Adorno's Notes to Literature, which begins with the high leap of his great essay 'The Essay as Form,' sets an inimitable, always exhilarating standard. A volume of Adorno's essays is equivalent to a whole shelf of books on literature." -- Susan Sontag

      Table of Contents
      The essay as form; on epic naivete; the position of the narrator in the contemporary novel; on lyric poetry and society; in memory of Eichendorff; Heine the wound; looking back on surrealism; punctuation marks; the artist as deputy; on the final scene of "Faust"; reading Balzac; Valery's deviations; short commentaries on Proust; words from abroad; Ernst Bloch's "Spuren"; extorted reconciliation - on George Lukacs' "Realism in Our Time"; trying to understand "Endgame".

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