Physical Description
440 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Instead of an overture : no heirs
The house in Schöne Aussicht : a Frankfurt childhood around 1910
From Teddie Wiesengrund to Dr. Wiesengrund-Adorno
Adorno as "non-identical" man
Transitions
Bertolt Brecht : "to those who come after us"
Theodor W. Adorno : "out of the firing-line"
Hanns Eisler, the non-identical brother
Fritz Lang, the American friend
Frankfurt transfer
Adorno as "identical" man
The palimpsest of life.
ISBN
9780674026186
0674026187 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Notes
Translated from the German.
Originally published as Theodor W. Adorno: Ein letztes Genie, (c) S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-418) and index.
Instead of an overture : no heirs -- The house in Schöne Aussicht : a Frankfurt childhood around 1910 -- From Teddie Wiesengrund to Dr. Wiesengrund-Adorno -- Adorno as "non-identical" man -- Transitions -- Bertolt Brecht : "to those who come after us" -- Theodor W. Adorno : "out of the firing-line" -- Hanns Eisler, the non-identical brother -- Fritz Lang, the American friend -- Frankfurt transfer -- Adorno as "identical" man -- The palimpsest of life.
