
Insane Run
Railroad and Dark Modernity
Wojciech Tomasik(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 28. August 2020
Book
Hardback
306 pages
978-3-631-83182-3 (ISBN)
Description
This is a book about impending catastrophe. The metaphorical insane "run" ends with the outbreak of the First World War. The book focuses on European culture of the late nineteenth century and the Polish contribution to it. The word "dark" used to describe modernity is understood as a metaphor of gradual and permanent devaluation of the idea of progress, as a fading hope for the future of Europe as bright, predictable, prosperous, and safe. The "darkening" also receives a literal sense. At the end of the nineteenth century, darkness found its way back to the public space - in the theaters, panoramas, dioramas, and "love tunnels", which awaited the visitors of American and European amusement parks.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
510 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-631-83182-3 (9783631831823)
DOI
10.3726/b17421
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Wojciech Tomasik is a Professor of Polish literature at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz (Poland). His research and publications focus on Socialist Realism, literary theory, and cultural history of railroad.
Author
ISNI: 0000 0001 2281 1259
Revised by
ISNI: 0000 0001 1430 7466
Translation
ISNI: 0000 0001 1728 1206
Content
Nineteenth century - popular culture - technology in literature - railroad disaster -
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