The Aesthetics of Resistance, Volume II: A Novel by Peter Weiss (English) Hardco

Description: The Aesthetics of Resistance, Volume II by Peter Weiss, Joel Scott Originally published in German in 1978 and appearing here in English for the first time, the second volume of Peter Weisss three-volume novel The Aesthetics of Resistance depicts anti-fascist resistance, radical proletarian political movements, and the relationship between art and resistance from the late 1930s to World War II. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A major literary event, the publication of the second volume of Peter Weisss 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 narrators 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 Weisss 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. Author Biography Peter Weiss (1916–1982) was a German playwright, novelist, filmmaker, and painter. His works include the plays The New Trial, also published by Duke University Press, and Marat/Sade, and the novels The Shadow of the Body of the Coachman and The Conversation of the Three Walkers. He received West Germanys most important literary award, the Georg BÜchner Prize, posthumously in 1982. Joel Scott is a freelance translator, editor, and writer. He is the author of two poetry chapbooks: Bildverbot and Diary Farm. Table of Contents Translators Acknowledgments ixThe Aesthetics of Resistance, volume II 1 Afterword to the New Berlin Edition / JÜrgen Schutte 309 Glossary 313 Review "[The Aesthetics of Resistance,] which [Peter Weiss] began when he was well over fifty, making a pilgrimage over the arid slopes of cultural and contemporary history in the company of pavor nocturnus, the terror of the night, and laden with a monstrous weight of ideological ballast, is a magnum opus which sees itself . . . not only as the expression of an ephemeral wish for redemption, but as an expression of the will to be on the side of the victims at the end of time." -- W. G. Sebald, * On the Natural History of Destruction *"The Aesthetics of Resistance is centrally important to any kind of assessment of twentieth-century German history." -- James Rolleston, editor of * A Companion to the Works of Franz Kafka *"The Aesthetics of Resistance is a work born out of a profound dissatisfaction with the ways we are given to think about history, politics, and those great works of art that offer to do more than merely reflect them. It is also born out of a deep misgiving about the authorial self, and the blindness to which it must give rise, since the existential individual is not a sufficient basis on which to erect an historically relevant aesthetic truth—indeed, it is a screen for masking it." -- Julian Murphet * Sydney Review of Books *"For the right reader, The Aesthetics of Resistance offers unique rewards. The Wests literary memory of twentieth- century communism was largely shaped by ex- and anti-Communist writers like Arthur Koestler, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Czesaw Miosz, and George Orwell, who saw it as inimical to spiritual and intellectual life. Weiss makes a passionate case to the contrary, arguing that for the poor and oppressed, communism offered a key to spiritual and intellectual realms from which they had been historically excluded. But he is also acutely aware that the humanistic, emancipatory communism of his dreams had a foe in the actual Soviet Communist Party, with its demand for total submission to an ever-changing ideological line. Balancing hope against reality, Weisss novel tries to carry out the critique-from-within he outlined in his Ten Working Points essay." -- Adam Kirsch * New York Review of Books *"The second volume of Peter Weisss The Aesthetics of Resistance, translated from the German by Joel Scott, ran like a red thread through this years reading. Merging ekphrasis with a vibrant history of revolutionary struggle in early 20th-century Europe, this dense, serious novel helped to anchor me against the panicked churning of the news cycle." -- Anne Boyer * Wall Street Journal *"Weiss capacity to marshal all this material within an immensely readable text would be miraculous even if throughout the novel we did not encounter some of the most serious considerations of works from within the canon of Western art, all rendered within a prose style of great clarity, quality and political commitment held at a pitch and stretching over a duration that is unmatched in any work of fiction of which I am aware. . . . The appearance of the second volume of Weiss The Aesthetics of Resistance in English, thanks to the efforts of Duke University Press, confirms its reputation as one of the twentieth centurys most unique and distinctive works of literary art." -- Chris Beausang * Marx & Philosophy Review of Books *"At once a compeling tale of that resistance and an informative leftist history of the period it is situated in, Weisss Aesthetics of Resistance is not just his piéce de résistance, but a piéce de résistance of the twentieth century." -- Ron Jacobs * Counterpunch *"With The Aesthetics of Resistance, Weiss was attempting something rare in the history of the form: a novel that marries vanguard politics and avant-garde aesthetics." -- Ryan Ruby * The Point * Review Quote "Weiss capacity to marshal all this material within an immensely readable text would be miraculous even if throughout the novel we did not encounter some of the most serious considerations of works from within the canon of Western art, all rendered within a prose style of great clarity, quality and political commitment held at a pitch and stretching over a duration that is unmatched in any work of fiction of which I am aware. . . . The appearance of the second volume of Weiss The Aesthetics of Resistance in English, thanks to the efforts of Duke University Press, confirms its reputation as one of the twentieth centurys most unique and distinctive works of literary art." Details ISBN1478006145 Author Joel Scott Publisher Duke University Press Year 2020 ISBN-10 1478006145 ISBN-13 9781478006145 Format Hardcover Imprint Duke University Press Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States Subtitle A Novel Pages 336 Publication Date 2020-02-18 DEWEY 833.914 Translator Joel Scott Short Title The Aesthetics of Resistance, Volume II Language English UK Release Date 2020-02-18 AU Release Date 2020-02-18 NZ Release Date 2020-02-18 US Release Date 2020-02-18 Birth 1927 Death 1997 Affiliation Holon Inst Of Technology, Israel Position Author Qualifications MSW, PhD Edition Description Translated from the German Alternative 9781478006992 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161867154;

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