Walter Benjamin : a critical life

Walter Benjamin : a critical life / Howard Eiland and Michael W. Jennings.

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 hi...

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Main Authors: Eiland, Howard (Author), Jennings, Michael William (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940.
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940
1900-1999
Authors, German > 20th century > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Critical Theory.
Authors, German
Biographies
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • A Berlin childhood: 1892-1912
  • Metaphysics of youth: Berlin and Freiburg, 1912-1914
  • The concept of criticism: Berlin, Munich, and Bern, 1915-1919
  • Elective affinities: Berlin and Heidelberg, 1920-1922
  • Academic nomad: Frankfurt, Berlin, and Capri, 1923-1925
  • Weimar intellectual: Berlin and Moscow, 1925-1928
  • The destructive character: Berlin, Paris, and Ibiza, 1929-1932
  • Exile: Paris and Ibiza, 1933-1934
  • The Parisian arcades: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1935-1937
  • Baudelaire and the streets of Paris: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1938-1939
  • The angel of history: Paris, Nevers, Marseilles, and Port Bou, 1939-1940.

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