Moral Seascapes

Jonathan Stafford is a research fellow at the Leibniz Centre for Literary and Cultural Research. His research focuses on the history and visual culture of, and theoretical approaches to, the sea. Henning Trüper is senior researcher at ZfL Berlin and associate professor of the history of ideas at Oslo University. His research concerns historical theory and the history of humanitarianism and moralities. Burkhardt Wolf is professor of Modern German Literature, Media and Literary Theory at the University of Vienna. His recent research interests include the media history of administration and the poetics of affect. Hilde Van Gelder is Professor of Art History at KU Leuven.

• AcknowledgementsMoral Seascapes: IntroductionJonathan Stafford, Henning Trüper, and Burkhardt WolfPart 1: Iconographies of the Moral SeascapeDisaster of the Sea: The Dual Motif of Drowning and FishingJohannes von MüllerPlacing the Moral Spectator: Realism, Perspective, and Affect in the Visual Culture of ShipwreckJonathan StaffordSeascapes of the Drowned: Günther Uecker and the Iconography of the Dead of ShipwreckHenning TrüperHeinrich von Kleist’s Cosmopolitism and the Openness of the SeaRafael JakobPart 2: Literary Visions of Maritime EthicsFrom Shipwreck as Theatre to Morality as Technique: Two Emblematic Scenarios (Descartes, Leibniz)Alexandra HeimesScheerbart on the Beach: Visiting The Sea-SerpentSzilvia GellaiLord Karl: Jumping Ship and Professional Ethics as Narrative Drivers in Conrad and KafkaBenno WagnerEgo Trip into Solitude: Christian Kortmann’s Novel Single-Handed SailingJörn MünknerPart 3: Approaching the Contemporary Refugee CrisisMediterranean Seascapes: Migrations, Photography, and the Haunted SpectatorChiara Giubilaro“The best word is the word you never said”: Perspective, Stance, and Silence in Davide Enia’s Appunti per un naufragioNora WeineltWhen Seascapes Collide: Visual and Vocal Contact in Kröger’s and Scheffner’s HavarieBurkhardt WolfThirty-Three Blueprints for the Right not to DrownHilde Van GelderPlatesAbout the Authors