Introduction -- Of other petrofictions : reimagining the mine in German romanticism -- Goethe's erratics : wandering in deep time -- Many stranded stones : Stifter's spectral landscapes -- The shock of the Earth : Benjamin's unarticulated ground -- Epilogue : dilapidated
Summary
"Already in the nineteenth century, German-language writers were contending with the challenge of imagining and accounting for a planet whose volatility bore little resemblance to the images of the Earth then in circulation. The Geological Unconscious traces the withdrawal of the lithosphere as a reliable setting, unobtrusive backdrop, and stable point of reference for literature written well before the current climate breakdown"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Jason Groves is Assistant Professor of Germanics at the University of Washington. He is co- translator of Werner Hamacher's Minima Philologica
