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- catalog abstract ""In books lauded as brilliant, exhilarating, and profound, Roberto Calasso has revealed the unexpected intersections of ancient and modern through topics ranging from Greek and Indian mythology to what a legendary African kingdom can tell us about the French Revolution. In this first translation of his most important essays, Calasso brings his intellect and elegant prose style to bear on the essential thinkers of our time, providing a sweeping analysis of the current state of Western culture." ""Forty-nine steps" refers to the Talmudic doctrine that there are forty-nine steps to meaning in every passage of the Torah. Employing this interpretive approach, Calasso offers a "secret history" of European literature and philosophy in the wake of Nietzsche, Marx, and Freud. Calasso analyzes how figures ranging from Gustav Flaubert, Gottfried Benn, Karl Kraus, Martin Heidegger, Walter Benjamin, Franz Kafka, Bertolt Brecht, and Theodor Adorno has contributed to, or been emblematic of, the current state of Western thought. This book's theme, writ large, is the power of fable - specifically, its persistence in art and literature despite its exclusion from orthodox philosophy."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Quarantanove gradini. English".
- catalog contributor b12247487.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description """Forty-nine steps" refers to the Talmudic doctrine that there are forty-nine steps to meaning in every passage of the Torah. Employing this interpretive approach, Calasso offers a "secret history" of European literature and philosophy in the wake of Nietzsche, Marx, and Freud. Calasso analyzes how figures ranging from Gustav Flaubert, Gottfried Benn, Karl Kraus, Martin Heidegger, Walter Benjamin, Franz Kafka, Bertolt Brecht, and Theodor Adorno has contributed to, or been emblematic of, the current state of Western thought. This book's theme, writ large, is the power of fable - specifically, its persistence in art and literature despite its exclusion from orthodox philosophy."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""In books lauded as brilliant, exhilarating, and profound, Roberto Calasso has revealed the unexpected intersections of ancient and modern through topics ranging from Greek and Indian mythology to what a legendary African kingdom can tell us about the French Revolution. In this first translation of his most important essays, Calasso brings his intellect and elegant prose style to bear on the essential thinkers of our time, providing a sweeping analysis of the current state of Western culture."".
- catalog description "I. Post-Histories -- II. Exegesis -- III. Public Secrets -- IV. Mythos.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-288).".
- catalog extent "xi, 290 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0816630984 (hc : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0816630992 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng ita".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,".
- catalog subject "190 21".
- catalog subject "BH39 .C2913 2001".
- catalog subject "Criticism.".
- catalog subject "Literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Philosophy, Modern 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Philosophy, Modern 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Post-Histories -- II. Exegesis -- III. Public Secrets -- IV. Mythos.".
- catalog title "Quarantanove gradini. English".
- catalog title "The forty-nine steps / Roberto Calasso ; translated by John Shepley.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".