{"product_id":"a-companion-to-werner-herzog-hardback-9781405194402","title":"A Companion to Werner Herzog (Hardback) 9781405194402","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Werner Herzog\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Brad Prager has collected together a world class and diverse group of scholars to map out with great lucidity the complex interconnectivity of Herzog’s equally diverse oeuvre.”\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003ePaul Cooke, University of Leeds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e“Werner Herzog towers as one of world cinema’s most engaging, energetic, and enigmatic directors. \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Werner Herzog\u003c\/i\u003e charts the career of an extraordinary artist whose only predictable feature remains his unpredictability.”\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eGerd Gemünden, Dartmouth College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Contrary to his self-presentation, Werner Herzog is a filmmaker profoundly influenced by the history of film, art, and literature and an integral part of the spatial imaginaries and aesthetic sensibilities of the postwar period. It is the main achievement of this anthology expertly put together by Brad Prager to highlight these connections with rich and insightful articles on Herzog and painting, photography, opera, geography, documentary, and the essay film. And at last, we understand the strange power exerted by the chicken in \u003ci\u003eStroszek\u003c\/i\u003e…”\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eSabine Hake, The University of Texas at Austin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrad Prager (Edited by), BP Prager (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405194402, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 April 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e648 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 18 x 3.6 cm, 1.416 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Werner Herzog\u003c\/i\u003e showcases over two dozen original scholarly essays examining nearly five decades of filmmaking by one of the most acclaimed and innovative figures in world cinema.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFirst collection in twenty years dedicated to examining Herzog’s expansive career\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures essays by international scholars and Herzog specialists\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses a broad spectrum of the director’s films, from his earliest works such as \u003ci\u003eSigns of Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFata Morgana\u003c\/i\u003e to such recent films as \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Lieutenant\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEncounters at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers creative, innovative approaches guided by film history, art history, and philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a comprehensive filmography that also features a list of the director’s acting appearances and opera productions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the director’s engagement with music and the arts, his self-stylization as a global filmmaker, his Bavarian origins, and even his love-hate relationship with the actor Klaus Kinski\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNotes on Contributors viii  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWerner Herzog’s Companions: The Consolation of Images 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrad Prager\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Critical Approaches and Contexts 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Herzog and Auteurism: Performing Authenticity 35\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrigitte Peucker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Physicality, Difference, and the Challenge of Representation: Werner Herzog in the Light of the New Waves 58\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLúcia Nagib\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Pedestrian Ecstasies of Werner Herzog: On Experience, Intelligence, and the Essayistic 80\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy Corrigan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Herzog and the Inter-arts 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Werner Herzog’s View of Delft: Or, \u003ci\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/i\u003e and the Still Life 101\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKenneth S. Calhoon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Moving Stills: Herzog and Photography 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStefanie Harris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Archetypes of Emotion: Werner Herzog and Opera 149\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLutz Koepnick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Coming to Our Senses: The Viewer and Herzog’s Sonic Worlds 168\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoger Hillman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 \u003ci\u003eDeath for Five Voices\u003c\/i\u003e : Gesualdo’s “Poetic Truth” 187\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHolly Rogers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Demythologization and Convergence: Herzog’s Late Genre Pictures and the Rogue Cop Film in \u003ci\u003eBad Lieutenant: Port of Call—New Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJaimey Fisher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Herzog’s German Encounters 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 “I don’t like the Germans”: Even Herzog Started in Bavaria 233\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChris Wahl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Herzog’s \u003ci\u003eHeart of Glass\u003c\/i\u003e and the Sublime of Raw Materials 256\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNoah Heringman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Ironic Ecstasy of Werner Herzog: Embodied Vision in \u003ci\u003eThe Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner\u003c\/i\u003e 281\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoger F. Cook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Tantrum Love: The Fiendship of Klaus Kinski and Werner Herzog 301\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLance Duerfahrd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Herzog’s Far-Flung Cinema Africa, Australia, the Americas, and Beyond 327\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Werner Herzog’s African Sublime 329\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErica Carter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Didgeridoo, or the Search for the Origin of the Self: Werner Herzog’s \u003ci\u003eWhere the Green Ants Dream\u003c\/i\u003e and Bruce Chatwin’s \u003ci\u003eThe Songlines\u003c\/i\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eManuel Köppen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 A March into Nothingness: The Changing Course of Herzog’s Indian Images 371\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWill Lehman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Case of Herzog: Re-Opened 393\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEric Ames\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Veil Between: Werner Herzog’s American TV Documentaries 416\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn E. Davidson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Herzog’s Chickenshit 445\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRembert Hüser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Encountering Werner Herzog at the End of the World 466\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReinhild Steingröver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Toward the Limits of Experience Philosophical Approaches 485\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Perceiving the Other in the \u003ci\u003eLand of Silence and Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e 487\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRandall Halle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Werner Herzog’s Romantic Spaces 510\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaurie Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Melancholy Observer: Landscape, Neo-Romanticism, and the Politics of Documentary Filmmaking 528\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew Gandy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Portrait of the Chimpanzee as a Metaphysician: Parody and Dehumanization in \u003ci\u003eEchoes from a Somber Empire\u003c\/i\u003e 547\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuido Vitiello\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Herzog and Human Destiny: The Philosophical Purposiveness of the Filmmaker 566\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan Singer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilmography 587\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCompiled by Chris Wahl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 611\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437799436568,"sku":"9781405194402","price":113.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405194402.jpg?v=1784941518","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-companion-to-werner-herzog-hardback-9781405194402","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}