{"product_id":"the-redemption-of-things-samuel-frederick-9781501761553","title":"The Redemption of Things: Collecting and Dispersal in German Realism and Modernism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollecting is usually understood as an activity that bestows permanence, unity, and meaning on otherwise scattered and ephemeral objects.\u003c\/b\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Redemption of Things\u003c\/i\u003e, Samuel Frederick emphasizes that to collect things, however, always entails displacing, immobilizing, and potentially disfiguring them, too. He argues that the dispersal of objects, seemingly antithetical to the collector's task, is essential to the logic of gathering and preservation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough analyses of collecting as a dialectical process of preservation and loss, \u003ci\u003eThe Redemption of Things\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates this paradox by focusing on objects that challenge notions of collectability: ephemera, detritus, and trivialities such as moss, junk, paper scraps, dust, scent, and the transitory moment. In meticulous close readings of works by Gotthelf, Stifter, Keller, Rilke, Glauser, and Frisch, and by examining an experimental film by Oskar Fischinger, Frederick reveals how the difficulties posed by these fleeting, fragile, and forsaken objects help to reconceptualize collecting as a poetic activity that makes the world of scattered things uniquely palpable and knowable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Frederick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501761552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501761553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press and Cornell Universi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d","brand":"Samuel Frederick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47135356649727,"sku":"9781501761553","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7f3d606-70d2-4a2c-9650-589151d2435c.jpg?v=1755009906","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-redemption-of-things-samuel-frederick-9781501761553","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}