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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bronfen, Elisabeth.

   [Tiefer als der tag gedacht. English]

   Night passages : philosophy, literature, and film / Elisabeth Bronfen ; translated by the author with David Brenner.

         pages cm

   Includes bibliographical references and index.

   ISBN 978-0-231-14798-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-231-14799-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-231-51972-4 (e-book)

   1.   Night in literature.   2.   Night—Philosophy.   3.   Dawn in literature. 4.   Light and darkness in literature.   5.   Film noir—History and criticism. 6.   Night in art.   I. Title.

PN56.N5B76 2013

809’.9333—dc23

2012050804

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Cover image: Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Arts Exchange, 1978/ The Bridgeman Art Library. Night Sea, 1977. Edna Andrade, 1917-2008.

Cover design and book design: Lisa Hamm