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1. Inventing the Baroque: A Critical History of Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Debates
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xvii
- Textual Note xxi
- Introduction: Benjamin’s Baroque: A Lost Object? 1
- 1. Inventing the Baroque: A Critical History of Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Debates 23
- 2. The Plays Are the Thing: Textual Politics and the German Drama 77
- 3. Melancholy Germans: War Theology, Allegory, and the Lutheran Baroque 138
- Conclusion: Baroque Legacies: National Socialism’s Benjamin 185
- Bibliography 205
- Index 225
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xvii
- Textual Note xxi
- Introduction: Benjamin’s Baroque: A Lost Object? 1
- 1. Inventing the Baroque: A Critical History of Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Debates 23
- 2. The Plays Are the Thing: Textual Politics and the German Drama 77
- 3. Melancholy Germans: War Theology, Allegory, and the Lutheran Baroque 138
- Conclusion: Baroque Legacies: National Socialism’s Benjamin 185
- Bibliography 205
- Index 225
