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Examines the profound influence of popular and private images on literature in the modern era, with an emphasis on how writers have used icon, snapshot, family album, collage, poster or post in their works. Discussions revolve around German authors’ critical and creative responses to the photographic image and its aesthetic, documentary or mnemonic appeal to 20th-century storytellers. Readings include major figures such as Kafka, Rilke, Benjamin, Brecht, Mann, Maron, Sebald, and Wolf.