{"product_id":"there-and-away-topobiographies-paperback","title":"There and Away: Topobiographies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRainer Nägele\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJason Kavett\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJason Kavett\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRainer Nägele's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e There and Away \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003echarts a series of autobiographical topographies or \"topobiographies\" that map a life beginning in a working-class village in Liechtenstein to the places he traveled as an émigré, student, and scholar (Innsbruck, Göttingen, Paris, California, Baltimore).\u003c\/b\u003e Located at the nexus of Freud's elaboration of the child's game of \u003ci\u003efort\u003c\/i\u003e (away) and \u003ci\u003eda\u003c\/i\u003e (there) and Benjamin's thought-images of his Berlin childhood, the eight placed-based vignettes of There and Away do not tell a life story but rather bring together momentary traces of encounters into a constellation, in which aspects of Nägele's life became legible to him while illuminating wider historical configurations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNägele's topobiographies emerge from encounters and re-encounters with memories of specific places as they interact with significant texts by Friedrich Hölderlin, Paul Celan, and Walter Benjamin. \u003ci\u003eThere and Away\u003c\/i\u003e thus meditates on what it means to return to the same places and the same texts at different points in time, each encounter at once familiar and revealing something utterly unique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRainer Nägele (1943-2022) earned his Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and taught at Ohio State University, Johns Hopkins University, and Yale University, where he was the Alfred C. \u0026amp; Martha F. Mohr Professor Emeritus of German Language and Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45428727119974,"sku":"9781501789151","price":44.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/jdNKKyHhbR9781501789151.webp?v=1775713603","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/there-and-away-topobiographies-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}