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Necessary Luxuries

- Books, Literature, and the Culture of Consumption in Germany, 1770–1815
Af: Matt Erlin Engelsk Paperback

Necessary Luxuries

- Books, Literature, and the Culture of Consumption in Germany, 1770–1815
Af: Matt Erlin Engelsk Paperback
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The consumer revolution of the eighteenth century brought new and exotic commodities to Europe from abroad—coffee, tea, spices, and new textiles to name a few. Yet one of the most widely distributed luxury commodities in the period was not new at all, and was produced locally: the book. In Necessary Luxuries, Matt Erlin considers books and the culture around books during this period, focusing specifically on Germany where literature, and the fine arts in general, were the subject of soul-searching debates over the legitimacy of luxury in the modern world.Building on recent work done in the fields of consumption studies as well as the New Economic Criticism, Erlin combines intellectual-historical chapters (on luxury as a concept, luxury editions, and concerns about addictive reading) with contextualized close readings of novels by Campe, Wieland, Moritz, Novalis, and Goethe. As he demonstrates, artists in this period were deeply concerned with their status as luxury producers. The rhetorical strategies they developed to justify their activities evolved in dialogue with more general discussions regarding new forms of discretionary consumption. By emphasizing the fragile legitimacy of the fine arts in the period, Necessary Luxuries offers a fresh perspective on the broader trajectory of German literature in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, recasting the entire period in terms of a dynamic unity, rather than simply as a series of literary trends and countertrends.

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The consumer revolution of the eighteenth century brought new and exotic commodities to Europe from abroad—coffee, tea, spices, and new textiles to name a few. Yet one of the most widely distributed luxury commodities in the period was not new at all, and was produced locally: the book. In Necessary Luxuries, Matt Erlin considers books and the culture around books during this period, focusing specifically on Germany where literature, and the fine arts in general, were the subject of soul-searching debates over the legitimacy of luxury in the modern world.Building on recent work done in the fields of consumption studies as well as the New Economic Criticism, Erlin combines intellectual-historical chapters (on luxury as a concept, luxury editions, and concerns about addictive reading) with contextualized close readings of novels by Campe, Wieland, Moritz, Novalis, and Goethe. As he demonstrates, artists in this period were deeply concerned with their status as luxury producers. The rhetorical strategies they developed to justify their activities evolved in dialogue with more general discussions regarding new forms of discretionary consumption. By emphasizing the fragile legitimacy of the fine arts in the period, Necessary Luxuries offers a fresh perspective on the broader trajectory of German literature in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, recasting the entire period in terms of a dynamic unity, rather than simply as a series of literary trends and countertrends.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 280
ISBN-13: 9780801479403
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0801479401
Udg. Dato: 12 jun 2014
Længde: 19mm
Bredde: 230mm
Højde: 154mm
Forlag: Cornell University Press
Oplagsdato: 12 jun 2014
Forfatter(e): Matt Erlin
Forfatter(e) Matt Erlin


Kategori Litteraturstudier: fra 1800 til 1900


ISBN-13 9780801479403


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 280


Udgave


Længde 19mm


Bredde 230mm


Højde 154mm


Udg. Dato 12 jun 2014


Oplagsdato 12 jun 2014


Forlag Cornell University Press