Kracauer, S: Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time
(Sprache: Englisch)
Siegfried Kracauer's biography of the composer Jacques Offenbach is a remarkable work of social and cultural history. First published in German in 1937 and in English translation in 1938, the book uses the life and work of Offenbach as a focal point for a...
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Siegfried Kracauer's biography of the composer Jacques Offenbach is a remarkable work of social and cultural history. First published in German in 1937 and in English translation in 1938, the book uses the life and work of Offenbach as a focal point for a broad and penetrating portrayal of Second Empire Paris. Offenbach's immensely popular operettas have long been seen as part of the larger historical amnesia and escapism that pervaded Paris in the aftermath of 1848. But Kracauer insists that Offenbach's productions must be understood as more than glittering distractions. The fantasy realms of such operettas as La Belle Hélène were as one with the unreality of Napoleon III's imperial masquerade, but they also made a mockery of the pomp and pretense surrounding the apparatuses of power. At the same time, Offenbach's dreamworlds were embedded with a layer of utopian content that can be seen as an indictment of the fraudulence and corruption of the times.
Autoren-Porträt von Siegfried Kracauer
Siegfried Kracauer, geb. am 8. Februar 1889 in Frankfurt am Main, war ein deutscher Journalist, Soziologe, Filmkritiker und Geschichtsphilosoph. Kracauer ist Autor der ersten empirisch-soziologischen Studie in Deutschland (Die Angestellten) und gilt als einer der Begründer der Filmsoziologie. Kracauer starb am 26. November 1966 in New York.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Siegfried Kracauer
- 2016, 415 Seiten, 28 Abbildungen, Maße: 15,1 x 22,8 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Übersetzer: Gwenda David, Eric Mosbacher
- Verlag: MIT Press
- ISBN-10: 1890951315
- ISBN-13: 9781890951313
- Erscheinungsdatum: 04.03.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
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