{"product_id":"in-the-age-of-prose-literary-and-philosophical-essays-paperback-9780521274951","title":"In the Age of Prose; Literary and Philosophical Essays (Paperback) 9780521274951","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIn the Age of Prose\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLiterary and Philosophical Essays\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eErich Heller (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521274951, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 19 January 1984\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e284 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.8 x 1.9 cm, 0.36 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\"\u003eThe guiding theme of these essays is the fate of the imagination and the condition of art in the modern world, where both appear to be enfeebled by scientific hubris, undermined by psychological self-questioning and compromised by political disaster. Erich Heller traces this predicament with subtlety and profundity, from Hegel's and Nietzsche's diagnoses to the various truces and manoeuvres through which remarkable victories have nonetheless been achieved - such as the comic triumphs of Wilhelm Busch. As elsewhere in Professor Heller's work, Thomas Mann's attempt to outwit and redeem his circumstances through art - 'despite' them, as he said himself - occupies a central place. Three of the present essays are devoted to him. Others consider Kleist, Fontane, Hamsun, Karl Kraus and the crucial figures of Hölderlin (who plays such a central role in Heidegger's later philosophical writings) and Rilke. Written with feeling, and the distinctive elegance and wit that have characterized all of Professor Heller's work, the essays here reaffirm the vital interdependence of literature and human values.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The poet in the age of prose: reflections on Hegel's Aesthetics and Rilke's Duino Elegies\u003cbr\u003e 2. The broken tradition: an address\u003cbr\u003e 3. Nietzsche's last words about art and truth\u003cbr\u003e 4. Thinking about poetry, Hölderlin and Heidegger\u003cbr\u003e 5. Karl Kraus\u003cbr\u003e 6. Literature and political responsibility: apropos the letters of Thomas Mann\u003cbr\u003e 7. The taking back of the Ninth Symphony: reflections on Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus\u003cbr\u003e 8. Thomas Mann's diaries and the search for identity\u003cbr\u003e 9. Knut Hamsun\u003cbr\u003e 10. Observations on psychoanalysis and modern literature\u003cbr\u003e 11. The dismantling of a marionette theatre\u003cbr\u003e or, psychology and the misinterpretation of literature\u003cbr\u003e 12. Man ashamed\u003cbr\u003e 13. Theodor Fontane: the extraordinary education of a Prussian apothecary\u003cbr\u003e 14. The little world of Wilhelm Busch.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001768235288,"sku":"9780521274951","price":29.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521274951i_85677a06-83fd-4ff4-8f77-081e82c907ae.jpg?v=1691374355","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/in-the-age-of-prose-literary-and-philosophical-essays-paperback-9780521274951","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}