Das Unterweltverhör. Metamediale Überlegungen in modernen Nekrodialogen von Bertolt Brecht und Walter Jens

From the end of the nineteenth century on, the spiritist desire to communicate with the dead has led artists to experiment with different technical media, such as photography, radio, and film. In this article, I aim to interpret the ways in which technical conditions of the media modify modern necro...

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Main Author: Ghyselinck, Z. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2021
Online Access:View Fulltext in Publisher
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