Nome canonico: Prawer, S. S.
Nome legale: Prawer, Siegbert Solomon
Data di nascita: 1925-02-15
Data di morte: 2012-04-05
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: UK (naturalised)
Germany
Luogo di nascita: Cologne, Germany
Luogo di morte: London, England, UK
Luogo di residenza: Cologne, Germany
London, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Istruzione: Cambridge University (Jesus College)
King Henry VIII School, Coventry, England, UK
Attività lavorative: Professor of German Language and Literature
Author
Relazioni: Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer (sister)
Organizzazioni: Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
University of Oxford
Westfield College, University of London
University of Birmingham
Breve biografia: Siegbert Salomon Prawer was born to a Jewish family and Germany and fled the Nazis for Britain in 1939. He became Taylor Professor of German Language and Literature at the University of Oxford in 1969. Previously, he was Lecturer at the University of Birmingham from 1948 to 1963, and Professor of German at Westfield College London from 1964 to 1969. He was an Honorary Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford and of Jesus College, Cambridge.

His specialties were the fields of German poetry and lieder, comparative literature, and film.

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Caligari's Children: The Film as Tale of Terror (Da… di S. S. Prawer

S.S. Prawer's Caligari's Children may be considered something of a classic, but part of the reason for that is the dearth of easily accessible material available on the topic of horror in film. The book is immensely readable and covered a wide range of important films, with special emphasis on some of the early European classics such as the German Cabinet of Dr. Caligari from 1921 and 1922's ground breaking Nosferatu. I come at horror from the persepective of someone who is not actually scared or horrified by any of the pre 1960s horror films. I remember as a young boy seeing Frankenstein at our local cinema and finding it amusing and interesting but nothing more. Horrified? Well, films such as Alien actually scar me - the whole scenario of being trapped, in the dark, with a monster around the next corner ready to rip my lungs out is the thing that makes me squirm when it is presented on the screan. Prawer's book discusses such things, but also brings a uniquely European persepctive to his subject. And an academic perspective. As such the book is heavy going at times, but well worth the effort. It is informative, entertaining and thoughtful, though also dry and dense in parts.… (altro)

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snappa | Aug 29, 2007 |

Karl Marx and World Literature di S. S. Prawer

S.S. Prawer's "Marx and World Literature" is a hidden gem for those with an interest in Marx as a historical figure. Marx was extremely well-read, not just in what we would now call 'non-fiction', but also in high literature of many nations and languages. Prawer's book traces what Marx read and was inspired by at each point in his career, and analyzes the many references to literary works and the literary allusions Marx makes throughout his theoretical pamphlets and books, as well as those in his letters.

Prawer has written a book that is extremely in-depth and thorough without being boring at any point, which is commendable indeed. He misses no reference, quote or allusion, even though Marx clearly delighted in making all sorts of 'high culture' comparisons which only the very well-read could appreciate. Prawer's analysis of the relation between the world literature and Marx' own views and their development is top-notch, as is the discussion of the role of art and literature in Marxist critical theory.

It's a shame this book is rare to find, as it is of great value to Marx scholars and cultural historians alike.… (altro)