Forgotten Dreams: Revisiting Romanticism in the Cinema of Werner Herzog by Lauri

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Offers not only an analytical study of the films of Herzog, perhaps the most famous living German filmmaker, but also a new reading of Romanticism's impact beyond the nineteenth century and in the present.

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Werner Herzog (b. 1942) is perhaps the most famous living German filmmaker, but his films have never been read in the context of German cultural history. And while there is a surfeit of film reviews, interviews, and scholarly articles on Herzog and his work, there are very few books devoted to his films, and none addressing his entire career to date. Until now.Forgotten Dreams offers not only an analytical study of Herzog's films but also a new reading of Romanticism's impact beyond the nineteenth century. It argues that his films re-envision and help us better understand a critical stream in Romanticism, and places the films in conversation with other filmmakers, authors, and philosophers in order to illuminate that critical stream. The result is a lively reconnection with Romantic themes and convictions that have been partly forgotten in the midst of Germany's postwar rejection of much of Romantic thought, yet are still operative in German culture today. The film analyses will interest scholars of film, German Studies, and Romanticism as well as a broader public interested in Herzog's films and contemporary German cultural debates. The book will also appeal to those interested in the ongoing renegotiation - by Western and other cultures - of relationships between reason and passion, civilization and wild nature, knowledge and belief.Laurie Ruth Johnson is Professor of German, Comparative and World Literature, and Criticism and Interpretive Theory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Werner Herzog's Films and the Other Discourse of RomanticismImage and KnowledgeSurface and DepthBeauty and SublimityMan and AnimalSound and SilenceConclusion: Herzog's Romantic CinemaNotesBibliography

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[A] worthy addition to any interdisciplinary study of Herzog's films - and the influence of alternative German romanticism as well as formal romanticism on moviemaking . . . . [A]n impressive unravelling of Werner Herzog's valuable contribution to cinema through a viewpoint not previously attempted, shining a light on some intriguing cultural influences and their effects on this fascinating filmmaker. * FILM IRELAND *Laurie Johnson's book expands Herzog criticism in important aspects. * HANS-HELMUT-PRINZLER.DE *Johnson . . . offers a new perspective on the romanticism/Herzog connection. . . . Forgotten Dreams is an in-depth analysis of certain romantic tendencies and how one might read Herzog's films as visual and - to a lesser degree - aural representations of the same. [The book] is an engaging contribution to the philosophical and cultural history of German Romanticism . . . [and shows] how this movement may yield insights into film analysis and history. It is also a worthy resource for Herzog scholars for its discussion of his lesser-known films. Literary, cultural, and film scholars will find many valuable insights in Laurie Ruth Johnson's interdisciplinary study. * MONATSHEFTE *

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[A] worthy addition to any interdisciplinary study of Herzog's films - and the influence of alternative German romanticism as well as formal romanticism on moviemaking . . . . [A]n impressive unravelling of Werner Herzog's valuable contribution to cinema through a viewpoint not previously attempted, shining a light on some intriguing cultural influences and their effects on this fascinating filmmaker. FILM IRELAND Laurie Johnson's book expands Herzog criticism in important aspects. HANS-HELMUT-PRINZLER.DE Johnson . . . offers a new perspective on the romanticism/Herzog connection. . . . Forgotten Dreams is an in-depth analysis of certain romantic tendencies and how one might read Herzog's films as visual and - to a lesser degree - aural representations of the same. [The book] is an engaging contribution to the philosophical and cultural history of German Romanticism . . . [and shows] how this movement may yield insights into film analysis and history. It is also a worthy resource for Herzog scholars for its discussion of his lesser-known films. Literary, cultural, and film scholars will find many valuable insights in Laurie Ruth Johnson's interdisciplinary study. MONATSHEFTE

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Laurie Johnson's book expands Herzog criticism in important aspects.

Details ISBN1640140638 Pages 312 Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd Series Screen Cultures: German Film and the Visual Year 2019 ISBN-10 1640140638 ISBN-13 9781640140639 Format Paperback Imprint Camden House Inc Subtitle Revisiting Romanticism in the Cinema of Werner Herzog Place of Publication Columbia, MD Country of Publication United States DEWEY 791.43023309 Short Title Forgotten Dreams Language English UK Release Date 2019-08-01 Publication Date 2019-08-01 AU Release Date 2019-08-01 NZ Release Date 2019-08-01 US Release Date 2019-08-01 Illustrations 25 b/w illus. Author Laurie Laurie Johnson Audience Professional & Vocational Alternative 9781571139115 We've got this

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