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Emblems of the Passing World

by Adam Kirsch
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August Sander’s photographic portraits of ordinary people in Weimar Germany inspire this uncanny new collection of poems by one of America’s most celebrated writers and critics

Through his portraits of ordinary people—soldiers, housewives, children, peasants, and city dwellers—August Sander, the German photographer whose work chronicled the extreme tensions and transitions of the twentieth century, captured a moment in history whose consequences he himself couldn’t have predicted. Using these photographs as a lens, Adam Kirsch’s poems connect the legacy of the First World War with the turmoil of the Weimar Republic with moving immediacy and meditative insight, and foreshadow the Nazi era. Kirsch writes both urgently and poignantly about these photographs, creating a unique dialogue of word and image that will speak to all readers interested in history, past and present.
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Publisher: Other Press

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  • Release date: October 20, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9781590517352
  • File size: 9039 KB
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  • ISBN: 9781590517352
  • File size: 9039 KB
  • Release date: October 20, 2015

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Fiction Poetry

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English

August Sander’s photographic portraits of ordinary people in Weimar Germany inspire this uncanny new collection of poems by one of America’s most celebrated writers and critics

Through his portraits of ordinary people—soldiers, housewives, children, peasants, and city dwellers—August Sander, the German photographer whose work chronicled the extreme tensions and transitions of the twentieth century, captured a moment in history whose consequences he himself couldn’t have predicted. Using these photographs as a lens, Adam Kirsch’s poems connect the legacy of the First World War with the turmoil of the Weimar Republic with moving immediacy and meditative insight, and foreshadow the Nazi era. Kirsch writes both urgently and poignantly about these photographs, creating a unique dialogue of word and image that will speak to all readers interested in history, past and present.
Expand title description text
Fiction Poetry
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Other Press

    Kindle Book
    Release date: October 20, 2015

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781590517352
    File size: 9039 KB
    Release date: October 20, 2015

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781590517352
    File size: 9039 KB
    Release date: October 20, 2015

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English