The Resource Night passages : philosophy, literature, and film, Elisabeth Bronfen ; translated by the author with David Brenner
Night passages : philosophy, literature, and film, Elisabeth Bronfen ; translated by the author with David Brenner
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- Summary
- In the beginning was the night. All light, shapes, language, and subjective consciousness, as well as the world and art depicting them, emerged from this formless chaos. In fantasy, we seek to return to this original darkness. Particularly in literature, visual representations, and film, the night resiliently resurfaces from the margins of the knowable, acting as a stage and state of mind in which exceptional perceptions, discoveries, and decisions play out. Elisabeth Bronfen follows nocturnal spaces in which extraordinary events unfold, enabling the irrational exploration of desire, transformation, ecstasy, transgression, spiritual illumination, and moral choice. She begins with classical myths depicting the creation of the world and moves through nocturnal scenes in Shakespeare and Milton, Gothic figurations, Hegel's romantic philosophy, and Freud's psychoanalysis. In modern times, she shows how literature and film, particularly film noir, transmit that piece of night the modern subject carries within. From Mozart's "Queen of the Night" to Virginia Woolf 's oscillation between day and night, life and death, and chaos and aesthetic form, Bronfen renders something visible, conceivable, and tellable from the dark realms of the unknown
- Language
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- eng
- ger
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (473 pages)
- Contents
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- Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Prologue: My Queen of the Night; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Exile of the Star-Blazing Queen in the Magic Flute; PART I: COSMOGONIES OF THE NIGHT; 1. Nyx and Her Children; 2. Let There Be Darkness; 3. Hegel's Night of the World; 4. Freud's Night Side of the Soul; PART II: NIGHT TALKS; 5. Shakespeare's Night World; 6. Freud's Book of Dreams; 7. A Poetics of Insomnia; PART III: GOTHIC NIGHTS; 8. Moral Temptations of the Night; 9. Seeing the World Darkly; 10. Night's Doubles; 11. The Nocturnal Flaneur; PART IV: NIGHT AND FILM NOIR
- 12. Return of a Hollywood Star13. Nocturnal Desire of the Femme Fatale; 14. Into the Night; 15. Fate and Chance; PART V: THE ETHICS OF AWAKENING; 16. What Lies at the End of the Night; 17. George Eliot's Dawn; 18. Edith Wharton's Twilight; 19. Virginia Woolf's Nights and Days; Bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9780231519724
- Label
- Night passages : philosophy, literature, and film
- Title
- Night passages
- Title remainder
- philosophy, literature, and film
- Statement of responsibility
- Elisabeth Bronfen ; translated by the author with David Brenner
- Subject
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Dawn in literature
- Dawn in literature
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Film noir
- Film noir -- History and criticism
- Light and darkness in literature
- Light and darkness in literature
- Night -- Philosophy
- Night in art
- Night in art
- Night in literature
- Night in literature
- PHILOSOPHY -- Aesthetics
- Language
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- eng
- ger
- eng
- Summary
- In the beginning was the night. All light, shapes, language, and subjective consciousness, as well as the world and art depicting them, emerged from this formless chaos. In fantasy, we seek to return to this original darkness. Particularly in literature, visual representations, and film, the night resiliently resurfaces from the margins of the knowable, acting as a stage and state of mind in which exceptional perceptions, discoveries, and decisions play out. Elisabeth Bronfen follows nocturnal spaces in which extraordinary events unfold, enabling the irrational exploration of desire, transformation, ecstasy, transgression, spiritual illumination, and moral choice. She begins with classical myths depicting the creation of the world and moves through nocturnal scenes in Shakespeare and Milton, Gothic figurations, Hegel's romantic philosophy, and Freud's psychoanalysis. In modern times, she shows how literature and film, particularly film noir, transmit that piece of night the modern subject carries within. From Mozart's "Queen of the Night" to Virginia Woolf 's oscillation between day and night, life and death, and chaos and aesthetic form, Bronfen renders something visible, conceivable, and tellable from the dark realms of the unknown
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bronfen, Elisabeth
- Dewey number
- 809.9333
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Translated from the German
- LC call number
- PN56.N5
- LC item number
- B76 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Brenner, David
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Night in literature
- Night
- Dawn in literature
- Light and darkness in literature
- Film noir
- Night in art
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- PHILOSOPHY
- Dawn in literature
- Film noir
- Light and darkness in literature
- Night in art
- Night in literature
- Label
- Night passages : philosophy, literature, and film, Elisabeth Bronfen ; translated by the author with David Brenner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Prologue: My Queen of the Night; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Exile of the Star-Blazing Queen in the Magic Flute; PART I: COSMOGONIES OF THE NIGHT; 1. Nyx and Her Children; 2. Let There Be Darkness; 3. Hegel's Night of the World; 4. Freud's Night Side of the Soul; PART II: NIGHT TALKS; 5. Shakespeare's Night World; 6. Freud's Book of Dreams; 7. A Poetics of Insomnia; PART III: GOTHIC NIGHTS; 8. Moral Temptations of the Night; 9. Seeing the World Darkly; 10. Night's Doubles; 11. The Nocturnal Flaneur; PART IV: NIGHT AND FILM NOIR
- 12. Return of a Hollywood Star13. Nocturnal Desire of the Femme Fatale; 14. Into the Night; 15. Fate and Chance; PART V: THE ETHICS OF AWAKENING; 16. What Lies at the End of the Night; 17. George Eliot's Dawn; 18. Edith Wharton's Twilight; 19. Virginia Woolf's Nights and Days; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 856868629
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (473 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231519724
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other control number
- ebc1192026
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt46m6hz
- 9ec5044c-d26d-4aa8-87a7-664dd0ccf324
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)856868629
- Label
- Night passages : philosophy, literature, and film, Elisabeth Bronfen ; translated by the author with David Brenner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Prologue: My Queen of the Night; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Exile of the Star-Blazing Queen in the Magic Flute; PART I: COSMOGONIES OF THE NIGHT; 1. Nyx and Her Children; 2. Let There Be Darkness; 3. Hegel's Night of the World; 4. Freud's Night Side of the Soul; PART II: NIGHT TALKS; 5. Shakespeare's Night World; 6. Freud's Book of Dreams; 7. A Poetics of Insomnia; PART III: GOTHIC NIGHTS; 8. Moral Temptations of the Night; 9. Seeing the World Darkly; 10. Night's Doubles; 11. The Nocturnal Flaneur; PART IV: NIGHT AND FILM NOIR
- 12. Return of a Hollywood Star13. Nocturnal Desire of the Femme Fatale; 14. Into the Night; 15. Fate and Chance; PART V: THE ETHICS OF AWAKENING; 16. What Lies at the End of the Night; 17. George Eliot's Dawn; 18. Edith Wharton's Twilight; 19. Virginia Woolf's Nights and Days; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 856868629
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (473 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231519724
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- ebc1192026
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt46m6hz
- 9ec5044c-d26d-4aa8-87a7-664dd0ccf324
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)856868629
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Dawn in literature
- Dawn in literature
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Film noir
- Film noir -- History and criticism
- Light and darkness in literature
- Light and darkness in literature
- Night -- Philosophy
- Night in art
- Night in art
- Night in literature
- Night in literature
- PHILOSOPHY -- Aesthetics
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