The Pathos of the Real : On the Aesthetics of Violence in the Twentieth Century /

Buch, Robert.

The Pathos of the Real : On the Aesthetics of Violence in the Twentieth Century / Robert Buch. - 1 online resource (232 pages). - Rethinking theory . - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-212) and index.

In praise of cruelty: Bataille, Kafka, and ling'-chi -- Fragmentary description of a disaster: Claude Simon -- The resistance to pathos and the pathos of resistance: Peter Weiss -- Medeamachine: the "fallout" of violence in Heiner Müller -- Epilogue.

Open Access

9781421428109




Reality--History--20th century.
Pathos--History--20th century.
Violence--History--20th century.
Cruelty--History--20th century.
Aesthetics, Modern--20th century.


Electronic books.

BH301.C88 / B83 2010

190.9/04