Adornos Poetics of Form
SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
Dennis J. Schmidt, editor
Adornos Poetics of Form
JOSH ROBINSON
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Robinson, Josh (Lecturer in English Literature), author.
Title: Adornos poetics of form / Josh Robinson.
Description: Albany, NY : State University of New York, 2018. | Series: SUNY series in contemporary Continental philosophy | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017030300 | ISBN 9781438469836 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781438469850 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Adorno, Theodor W., 19031969. | Form (Aesthetics)
Classification: LCC B3199.A34 R63 2018 | DDC 193dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017030300
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Contents
Abbreviations of Works by Adorno
References to the Gesammelte Schriften , the Nachgelassene Schriften , and the English edition of the Notes to Literature consist of the relevant abbreviation followed by a volume number, a colon, and then the page number; references to other works consist of the abbreviation followed by the page number. Unless otherwise stated, all translations are my own; where possible I have also provided references to the corresponding pages of the English translations.
GS | Gesammelte Schriften , ed. by Rolf Tiedemann et al., 20 vols (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 197286) |
NS | Nachgelassene Schriften , ed. by Theodor W. Adorno Archiv (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1993 ) |
3SH | Drei Studien zu Hegel , Gesammelte Schriften 5 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1971), 247381 |
T | sthetische Theorie , Gesammelte Schriften 7 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1970) |
B | Berg. Der Meister des kleinsten bergangs , Gesammelte Schriften 13 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1977), pp. 321494 |
BPdM | Beethoven. Philosophie der Musik. Fragmente und Texte , ed. by Rolf Tiedemann, Nachgelassene Schriften 1.1 (Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp, 1993) |
D | Dissonanzen. Musik in der verwalteten Welt , Gesammelte Schriften 14 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1973), pp. 7167 |
DA | (with Max Horkheimer) Dialektik der Aufklrung. Philosophische Fragmente , Gesammelte Schriften 3 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1981) |
E | Eingriffe. Neun kritische Modelle , Gesammelte Schriften 10.2 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1977), pp. 455594 |
EM | Einleitung in die Musiksoziologie. Zwlf theoretische Vorlesungen , Gesammelte Schriften 14 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1973), pp. 169433 |
M | Mahler. Eine musikalische Physiognomik , Gesammelte Schriften 13 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1977), pp. 149319 |
ME | Zur Metakritik der Erkenntnistheorie , Gesammelte Schriften 5 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1971), pp. 7245 |
MM | Minima Moralia. Reflexionen aus dem beschdigten Leben , Gesammelte Schriften 4 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1980) |
ND | Negative Dialektik (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1967) |
NzL | Noten zur Literatur , Gesammelte Schriften 11 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1974) |
OL | Ohne Leitbild , Gesammelte Schriften 10.1 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1977), pp. 289453 |
P | Prismen , Gesammelte Schriften 10.1 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1977), pp. 9287 |
PnM | Philosophie der neuen Musik , Gesammelte Schriften 12 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1975) |
QF | Quasi una fantasia , Gesammelte Schriften 16 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1978), pp. 249540 |
S | Stichworte. Kritische Modelle 2, Gesammelte Schriften 10.2 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1977), pp. 595798 |
VW | Versuch ber Wagner , Gesammelte Schriften 13 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1977), pp. 7148 |
Translations
AB | Alban Berg: Master of the Smallest Link , trans. by Christopher Hailey and Juliane Brand (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994) |
AE | Against Epistemology: A Metacritique , trans. by Willis Domingo (Cambridge: Polity, 2013) |
Ashton | Negative Dialectics , trans. by E. B. Ashton (London; New York: Routledge, 1973) |
AT | Aesthetic Theory , trans. by Robert Hullot-Kentor (London: Continuum, 1997) |
BTPoM | Beethoven: The Philosophy of Music , trans. by Edmund Jephcott (Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2002) |
CF | (with Hans Eisler), Composing for the Films (London and New York: Continuum, 2005) |
CI | The Culture Industry: Selected Essays on Mass Culture , ed. by J. M. Bernstein (London: Routledge, 1973) |
CM | Critical Models: Interventions and Catchwords , trans. by Henry W. Pickford (New York: Columbia University Press, 2005) |
COL | Can One Live after Auschwitz? A Philosophical Reader , ed. by Rolf Tiedemann, trans. by Rodney Livingstone et al. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003) |
DE | (with Max Horkheimer) Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments , ed. by Gunzelin Schmid Noerr, trans. by Edmund Jephcott (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2002) |
EoM | Essays on Music , ed. by Richard Leppert, trans. by Susan H. Gillespie et al. (Berkeley; Los Angeles; London: University of California Press, 2002) |
H3S | Hegel: Three Studies , trans. by Shierry Weber Nicholsen (Cambridge, MA; London: MIT Press, 1993) |
ISM | Introduction to the Sociology of Music , trans. by E. B. Ashton (New York: Seabury, 1976) |
Jephcott | Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life , trans. by E. F. N. Jephcott (London: Verso, 1978) |
Livingstone | Quasi una Fantasia: Essays on Modern Music , trans. by Rodney Livingstone (London; New York: Verso, 1998) |
MMP | Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy , trans. by Edmund Jephcott (Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press, 1992) |
NM | Night Music: Essays on Music, 19281962 , ed. by Rolf Tiedemann, trans. by Wieland Hoban (London; New York; Calcutta: Seagull, 2009) |
NtL | Notes to Literature , ed. by Rolf Tiedemann, trans. by Shierry Weber Nicholsen, 2 vols. (New York; Chichester, UK: Columbia University Press, 1991) |
PMM | Philosophy of Modern Music , trans. by Anne G. Mitchell and Wesley V. Blomster (New York; London: Continuum: 2004) |
SW | In Search of Wagner , trans. by Rodney Livingstone (London: New Left Books, 1981) |
WWN | Prisms , trans. by Samuel and Shierry Weber [Samuel Weber and Shierry Weber Nicholsen] (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1983) |