Insane Run - Railroad and Dark Modernity (Hardcover, New edition)

This is a book about impending catastrophe. The metaphorical insane "run" ends with the outbreak of the First World War. The book focuses on European culture of the late nineteenth century and the Polish contribution to it. The word "dark" used to describe modernity is understood as a metaphor of gradual and permanent devaluation of the idea of progress, as a fading hope for the future of Europe as bright, predictable, prosperous, and safe. The "darkening" also receives a literal sense. At the end of the nineteenth century, darkness found its way back to the public space - in the theaters, panoramas, dioramas, and "love tunnels", which awaited the visitors of American and European amusement parks.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Modernity in Question, 14
Release date:	August 2020
First published:	2020
Revised by:	Teresa Fazan
Translators:	Jan Burzynski • Mikolaj Golubiewski • Lukasz Dorocinski
Authors:	Wojciech Tomasik
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	306
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-83182-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century
LSN:	3-631-83182-X
Barcode:	9783631831823

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