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Ghostly Apparitions: German Idealism, the Gothic Novel, and Optical Media
Stefan Andriopoulos
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPCD; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
A media archaeology that traces connections between new media technologies and distinct cultural realms, considering topics that range from Kant's philosophy to somnambulist clairvoyants. Drawing together literature, media, and philosophy, Ghostly Apparitions provides a new model for media archaeology. Stefan Andriopoulos examines the relationships between new media technologies and distinct cultural realms, tracing connections between Kant's philosophy and the magic lantern's phantasmagoria, the Gothic novel and print culture, and spiritualist research and the invention of television. As Kant was writing about the possibility of spiritual apparitions, the emerging medium of the phantasmagoria used ... Read more
A media archaeology that traces connections between new media technologies and distinct cultural realms, considering topics that range from Kant's philosophy to somnambulist clairvoyants. Drawing together literature, media, and philosophy, Ghostly Apparitions provides a new model for media archaeology. Stefan Andriopoulos examines the relationships between new media technologies and distinct cultural realms, tracing connections between Kant's philosophy and the magic lantern's phantasmagoria, the Gothic novel and print culture, and spiritualist research and the invention of television. As Kant was writing about the possibility of spiritual apparitions, the emerging medium of the phantasmagoria used ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
511g
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781935408352
SKU
V9781935408352
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About Stefan Andriopoulos
Stefan Andriopoulos is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Columbia University. He is the author of Possessed: Hypnotic Crimes, Corporate Fiction, and the Invention of Cinema.
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