Gaslight

Name: Gaslight
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ISBN: 9781681371184

Lantern Slides from the Nineteenth Century

Isabel Fargo Cole, Joachim Kalka

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New York Review Books
15 April 2017

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900

A one-of-a-kind exploration of the nineteenth century that ties the time period to our own through essays on everything from Balzac to Wagner.

A one-of-a-kind exploration of the 19th century that ties the time period to our own through essays on a variety of topics in music, film, literature, and art.

In Gaslight, Joachim Kalka delves into the mythos of the nineteenth century, exploring our fascination with its ""auratic gaslight,"" its mingling of romanticism and modernity, enlightenment and darkness. Here we find the roots of our contemporary preoccupations- gender roles and sexuality, terrorism and technology, mad scientists and serial killers, kitsch and commodification. Mustering a wealth of cultural references, Kalka draws illuminating connections between Balzac and Billy Wilder, Mickey Mouse and the arms race, the cake fights of Laurel and Hardy and Madame Bovary's wedding cake. He brings the nineteenth century to life with all its contradictions, aspirations, and absurdities, inviting us to reexamine that era and our own, and the stories we tell ourselves about history.

By: Isabel Fargo Cole, Joachim Kalka
Imprint: New York Review Books
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9781681371184
ISBN 10: 1681371189
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 15 April 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joachim Kalka is an essayist, literary critic, and translator of authors such as Martin Amis, Angela Carter, G. K. Chesterton, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Christopher Isherwood. He lives in Leipzig, Germany. Isabel Fargo Cole is a writer and translator of authors including Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Franz Fuhmann, Wolfgang Hilbig and Klaus Hoffer. She lives in Berlin, Germany.