The Face of Immortality
Physiognomy and Criticism
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2012
217 pages
978-0-7914-8424-1 (ISBN)
Description
Argues for a new kind of criticism, one that mediates between literal and allegorical modes of interpretation.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
11/2004
State University of New York Press
€96.00
Shipment within 10-20 days
Person
Davide Stimilli is Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the author of Fisionomia di Kafka.
Content
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Strategy of Immortality
1. Symmetry and Concinnitas
2. Character and Caricatura
3. Dysopia and Discountenance
4. Air and Aura
5. Nemesis and Aphanisis
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Strategy of Immortality
1. Symmetry and Concinnitas
2. Character and Caricatura
3. Dysopia and Discountenance
4. Air and Aura
5. Nemesis and Aphanisis
Notes
Index
