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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464460503321

Autore

Eiland Howard

Titolo

Walter Benjamin : a critical life / / Howard Eiland and Michael W. Jennings ; book design by Dean Bornstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-674-72620-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (768 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JenningsMichael William

BornsteinDean

Disciplina

838/.91209

Soggetti

Authors, German - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fron tmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. A Berlin Childhood: 1892- 1912 -- 2. Metaphysics of Youth: Berlin and Freiburg, 1912- 1914 -- 3. The Concept of Criticism: Berlin, Munich, and Bern, 1915- 1919 -- 4. Elective Affinities: Berlin and Heidelberg, 1920- 1922 -- 5. Academic Nomad: Frankfurt, Berlin, and Capri, 1923- 1925 -- 6. Weimar Intellectual: Berlin and Moscow, 1925- 1928 -- 7. The Destructive Character: Berlin, Paris, and Ibiza, 1929- 1932 -- 8. Exile: Paris and Ibiza, 1933- 1934 -- 9. The Parisian Arcades: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1935- 1937 -- 10. Baudelaire and the Streets of Paris: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1938- 1939 -- 11. The Angel of History: Paris, Nevers, Marseilles, a Port B  , 1939- 1940 -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography  -- Ac knw ledg ments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.