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portada The Aesthetics of Resistance, Volume II: A Novel Volume 2
Type
Physical Book
Translated by
Language
English
Pages
336
Format
Hardcover
ISBN13
9781478006145

The Aesthetics of Resistance, Volume II: A Novel Volume 2

Peter Weiss (Author) · Joel Scott (Translated by) · Duke University Press · Hardcover

The Aesthetics of Resistance, Volume II: A Novel Volume 2 - Weiss, Peter ; Scott, Joel

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Synopsis "The Aesthetics of Resistance, Volume II: A Novel Volume 2"

A major literary event, the publication of the second volume of Peter Weiss's three-volume novel The Aesthetics of Resistance makes one of the towering works of twentieth-century German literature available to English-speaking readers for the first time. The crowning achievement of Peter Weiss, the internationally renowned writer best known for his play Marat/Sade, The Aesthetics of Resistance spans the period from the late 1930s to World War II, dramatizing antifascist resistance and the rise and fall of proletarian political parties in Europe. Volume II, initially published in 1978, opens with the unnamed narrator in Paris after having retreated from the front lines of the Spanish Civil War. From there, he moves on to Stockholm, where he works in a factory, becomes involved with the Communist Party, and meets Bertolt Brecht. Featuring the narrator's extended meditations on paintings, sculpture, and literature, the novel teems with characters, almost all of whom are based on historical figures. Throughout, the narrator explores the affinity between political resistance and art--the connection at the heart of Weiss's novel. Weiss suggests that meaning lies in embracing resistance, no matter how intense the oppression, and that we must look to art for new models of political action and social understanding. The Aesthetics of Resistance is one of the truly great works of postwar German literature and an essential resource for understanding twentieth-century German history.

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