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PublisherHarvard University Press
ISBN-100674970772
ISBN-139780674970779
eBay Product ID (ePID)221970690
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Book TitleWalter Benjamin : a Critical Life
Number of Pages768 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicEuropean / German, European / General, General, Literary, Semiotics & Theory, Movements / Critical Theory
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Philosophy, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorMichael W. Jennings, Howard Eiland
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight29.7 Oz
Item Length1 in
Item Width0.7 in
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ReviewsWalter Benjamin himself often grappled with the vexed and constantly shifting relations between self and work, life (bios ) and writing (graphein ). Whatever faint yet abiding hyphen may connect the two, that same line also forever holds them apart. The new biography by Howard Eiland and Michael Jennings , two Benjamin scholars of the first rank, offers a sober, meticulous, and often moving image of Benjamin's brief life in the shadow of catastrophe. Brilliantly interweaving the conceptual threads of Benjamin's enigmatic work with his no less enigmatic existence, this impeccably informed and eminently readable account of Benjamin's life sets a new standard for his biographers and critics in any language. Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life is destined to stand the test of time.
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal838.91209
SynopsisWalter Benjamin is one of the twentieth century's most important intellectuals, and also one of its most elusive. His writings--mosaics incorporating philosophy, literary criticism, Marxist analysis, and a syncretistic theology--defy simple categorization. And his mobile, often improvised existence has proven irresistible to mythologizers. His writing career moved from the brilliant esotericism of his early writings through his emergence as a central voice in Weimar culture and on to the exile years, with its pioneering studies of modern media and the rise of urban commodity capitalism in Paris. That career was played out amid some of the most catastrophic decades of modern European history: the horror of the First World War, the turbulence of the Weimar Republic, and the lengthening shadow of fascism. Now, a major new biography from two of the world's foremost Benjamin scholars reaches beyond the mosaic and the mythical to present this intriguing figure in full. Howard Eiland and Michael Jennings make available for the first time a rich store of information which augments and corrects the record of an extraordinary life. They offer a comprehensive portrait of Benjamin and his times as well as extensive commentaries on his major works, including "The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility," the essays on Baudelaire, and the great study of the German Trauerspiel . Sure to become the standard reference biography of this seminal thinker, Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life will prove a source of inexhaustible interest for Benjamin scholars and novices alike., Walter Benjamin was perhaps the twentieth century's most elusive intellectual. His writings defy categorization, and his improvised existence has proven irresistible to mythologizers. In a major new biography, Howard Eiland and Michael Jennings present a comprehensive portrait of the man and his times, as well as extensive commentary on his work.
LC Classification NumberPT2603.E455Z6455
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