Forfatter fødeår: 1903-1969
The author, a noted literary critic, presents a selection of his thought on Balzac, Valery, Dickens, Goethe, Heine, Hoelderlin, lyric poetry, realism, the essay and the contemporary novel.
Available in English for the first time, this is a collection of essays by social philosopher and critic, T.W. Adorno, on such writers as Mann, Bloch, Holderlin, Kare Kraust, Sigfried... Læs mere
Notes to Literature is a collection of the great social theorist Theodor W. Adorno’s essays on such writers as Mann, Bloch, Goethe, and Benjamin, as well as his reflections on a... Læs mere
Collected in their entirety for the first time in English, the insightful texts in Night Music show the breadth of Adorno’s musical understanding and reveal an overlooked side to this significant thinker.
This book is an unrivalled indictment of the banality of mass culture - Adorno's finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno's thoughts on culture.
Combines into a single volume, two of Adorno's most important postwar works - "Interventions: Nine Critical Models" (1963) and "Catchwords: Critical Models... Læs mere
This study of Alban Berg is a personal account, by a philosopher and aesthetician, of the life and musical works of his mentor, friend and teacher. It provides a... Læs mere
Presents a study of key musical works of the twentieth century. Here, the author brings a range of social and cultural questions to bear on the analysis of two composers he saw as polar opposites, Arnold Schoenberg and Igor Stravinsky.
The major work and Adorno's culminating achievement. Negative Dialectics is a critique of the philosophies of Kant, Hegel, and Heidegger, and a visionary elaboration of the author's own vision of dialectics.