Long Century's Long Shadow

Kenneth S. Calhoon is a professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Oregon.

• Introduction1. Empathy Begets Abstraction2. Under the Sign of Insomnia3. Nightwatching4. A Pause in the Action5. Facing the Image6. Necessary AdvancesEpilogue: Music of the Third Kind

"The study would be of interest to advanced scholars of Weimar cinema well-read in the German and European aesthetic traditions of the nineteenth century. Its richness demands a patient reader, but one who will no doubt be left inspired by what comparative media studies affords to cinema studies."- Ervin Malakaj, University of British Columbia (EuropeNow) "Drawing on various Romantic texts including paintings, poetry, and prose, as well as expressionist Weimar cinema, Calhoun grounds his interpretations of the marriage between German Romanticism and works of expressionist cinema … This volume is recommended for both advanced students and scholars working in the field of Weimar cinema and Germanic studies."- Barbara Hales, University of Houston-Clear Lake (German Quarterly) "This volume is recommended for both advanced students and scholars working in the field of Weimar cinema and Germanic studies." - Barbara Hales, University of Houston-Clear Lake (German Quarterly)