Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life

Howard Eiland

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Walter Benjamin

A Critical Life

Howard Eiland

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2014

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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.

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Eiland Howard :

Howard Eiland teaches literature at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Jennings Michael W. :

Michael W. Jennings is Class of 1900 Professor of Modern Languages at Princeton University.

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Literary Studies Literary Genres and Media Biography and Autobiography

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1. A Berlin Childhood: 1892– 1912 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	12
2. Metaphysics of Youth: Berlin and Freiburg, 1912– 1914 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	32
3. The Concept of Criticism: Berlin, Munich, and Bern, 1915– 1919 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	75
4. Elective Affinities: Berlin and Heidelberg, 1920– 1922 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	117
5. Academic Nomad: Frankfurt, Berlin, and Capri, 1923– 1925 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
6. Weimar Intellectual: Berlin and Moscow, 1925– 1928 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	235
7. The Destructive Character: Berlin, Paris, and Ibiza, 1929– 1932 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	314
8. Exile: Paris and Ibiza, 1933– 1934 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	391
9. The Parisian Arcades: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1935– 1937 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	483
10. Baudelaire and the Streets of Paris: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1938– 1939 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	576
11. The Angel of History: Paris, Nevers, Marseilles, and Port Bou, 1939– 1940 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	647
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	677
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	681
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	682
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	719
Ac know ledg ments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	734
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	735

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January 20, 2014

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9780674726208

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765

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37 halftones

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674726208

eBook ISBN: 9780674726208

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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;

Walter Benjamin

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