Brochs Death Vergil Program Notes by Weigand Hermann John (1 results)
Language: English
Published by New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1947
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Add to basketReprint, stapled. Condition: Gut. pp. 525-554. Back cover stained, browned due to paper, some pencil underlines up to page 537, otherwise clean. - From the text: THE book to be discussed brings to mind a fascinating chapter of the fossil record of the evolution of life. Some two hundred million years ago, the geologists tell us,… the Ammonites began to make their appearance among the crustaceans. Starting from modest and primitive beginnings, they were destined for a notable future. In the course of ages a million times beyond the span of human memory they grew in size and complexity, attaining to functional perfection of their chambered septa and streamlined beauty of their spiral convolutions. They grew in numbers until they came to dominate the scene of teeming marine life. Then a change set in. The conservative classical form of the shell gave way to striking variations. It is as if the ingenuity of the race had suddenly abandoned itself to an orgy of formal experiments. The curves became more intricate and capricious, producing a bewildering variety of scallops and flutings, spirals and fantastic ornaments and an equally bewildering range of sizes and proportions. The whole genus seemed to be off balance, to be skidding erratically along the screen of evolutionary Time. Then, suddenly, when this giddy orgy seemed to have reached its climax the whole genus disappeared, as though a relentless hand had blotted it from the screen once and for all. - Hermann Broch: Der Tod des Vergil (New York: Pantheon Books, 1945). Also published as The Death of Vergil, translated by Jean Starr Untermeyer. This paper, while making use of the English title, is based on the German text, and all page references are made with the German edition in mind. - Wikipedia: Hermann John Weigand (* 17. November 1892 in Philadelphia; 3. September 1985 in Branford) war ein US-amerikanischer Literaturwissenschaftler. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.
