Alexander Kluge : : raw materials for the imagination / / edited by Tara Forrest.

• Superior document: Film culture in transition
• TeilnehmendeR: Forrest, Tara,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press,, 2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Film culture in transition.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (440 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Feb 2021).

Alexander Kluge is best known as a founding member of the New German Cinema movement, but his work has spanned a number of genres and media. This wide-ranging book assembles a diverse selection of texts, from nonfiction writings and short stories by Kluge, to critical essays by renowned international scholars on Kluge's work, to transcripts of interviews with the artist himself. A valuable collection for students and scholars in the fields of film, television, and media studies, 'Alexander Kluge: Raw Materials for the Imagination' is a perfect introduction to Kluge's key themes and ideas.

Table of Contents

Contents -- Editors Introduction -- The Stubborn Persistence of Alexander Kluge -- Film Politics and the Public Sphere -- Rethinking History -- Realism as Protest -- Opera as a Power Plant of Emotion -- Storytelling and Politics -- Television and Counter Public Spheres -- Television Interviews -- Early Cinema Recent Work -- Selected Bibliography of English Language Texts -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Index of Names -- Index of Works.