Heads or Tails the Poetics of Money
- List Price: $44.95
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr
- Publish date: 07/01/2000
Jochen Horisch uses examples from Goethe's dramas, Gotthelf's novels, Holderlin's poetry, and many other major literary works to demonstrate the intersecting world of literature and financial commerce. Horisch examines the role of money in German literature and posits that money, like literature, is superfluous and without intrinsic value but that at the same time it is an absolute necessity, much unlike literature -- an ultimate heads or tails dilemma.
Heads or Tails is an original and exciting book that is full of witty prose and insightful observation about culture. The book will appeal to anyone seeking knowledge of the history of money and its role in literature. Students and scholars of cultural studies, German, and comparative literature will delight in this remarkable work from one of Germany's prominent literary critics.