This is a book about impending catastrophe. The metaphorical insane "run" ends with the outbreak of the First World War. The book focuses on European culture of the late nineteenth century and the Polish contribution to it. The word "dark" used to describe modernity is understood as a metaphor of gradual and permanent devaluation of the idea of progress, as a fading hope for the future of Europe as bright, predictable, prosperous, and safe. The "darkening" also receives a literal sense. At the end of the nineteenth century, darkness found its way back to the public space – in the theaters, panoramas, dioramas, and "love tunnels", which awaited the visitors of American and European amusement parks.

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Information

Publisher

Peter Lang Group

Year

2020

ISBN

9783631832172

Edition

Topic

Literature

Subtopic

German Literary Criticism

Index

Literature

Cover
Copyright information
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One The Gołuchowski Station and Other Attractions; and, On the Origins of Cinematography
Annex
Chapter Two A Kiss in the Tunnel: Three Heterotopies of Modernity
Annex
Chapter Three A Catastrophe’s Productivity: Monte Carlo, March 10, 1886
Annex
Chapter Four Insane Run…
Annex
Chapter Five The Assassination of Świnica: About a Railroad That Never Happened and a Problem That Remained
Annex
Bibliography
Index