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This is a fascinating comparison of the work of Heinrich von Kleist and Herman Melville.

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Author:   Birgit M. Kaiser
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.381kg
ISBN:  

9781438432298

ISBN 10:   1438432291
Pages:   171
Publication Date:   31 January 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: On Subterranean Connections 1. Aesthetics: Sensation and Thinking Reconsidered The Copernican Turn The Folds of Small Perceptions Sensate Thinking Figures of Simplicity 2. Sentimentalities Befuddling the Senses (The Betrothal in St. Domingo) Spectacularly Simple: Well-Willingly Seeing Nothing (Benito Cereno) Sentimentalizing Resentment 3. Affectivity Resolute Simplicity (Billy Budd, Sailor. An inside narrative) Calculating Mindlessness (Michael Kohlhaas) Baroque Heroes 4. Insistence On Passive Resistance (Bartleby, the Scrivener. A story of Wall-Street) Figures of Simplicity Lingering before Consciousness (Das Kathchen von Heilbronn oder Die Feuerprobe) Supersensible Figures of the Fold 5. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Birgit Mara Kaiser is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

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