Inszenierung des Unheimlichen

Prag als Topos – Buchillustrationen der deutschsprachigen Prager Moderne (1914–1925)
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-8471-0405-6
Verlag: V&R unipress

Buch, Deutsch, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 610 g

In Prague in the early 20th century a vital scene of German speaking authors existed – dealing with their feelings and memories about Prague in their texts. It is a fantastic but also obscure perspective in which they contemplated their hometown. Spending their time in cafés, theatres and cabarets with other native speakers they had contact with artists of art nouveau, impressionists and secessionists, as well as early expressionists. Very often these artists illustrated their texts and so gave them a certain image of Prague as they understood it.Above that also the publishers had an increasing interest for images with texts to sell their books. After the first great success of Gustav Meyrinks “The Golem” in 1915 they realised a boom for this kind of novels. Several publishing houses wanted to lance a second bestseller like “The Golem”. They tried it both with images, especially striking covers and the names of known artists like Alfred Kubin or Hugo Steiner-Prag. This triangular field of interests between authors, artists and publishers is the main focus of the investigation. But also the European context of this special Prague atmosphere around 1900 is critically illuminated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmeer, Veronika

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Typographie, Illustrationskunst, Werbegraphik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Über Autor(innen)

Schmeer, Veronika
Dr. Veronika Schmeer wurde 2014 in Regensburg promoviert und ist Stipendiatin des Schroubek-Fonds der Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München.