03060nam 2200613 450 991080708570332120211019124212.00-674-72620-010.4159/9780674726208(CKB)3710000000083090(EBL)3301380(SSID)ssj0001084840(PQKBManifestationID)11683015(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001084840(PQKBWorkID)11048574(PQKB)11610330(DE-B1597)213461(OCoLC)868068316(OCoLC)979622397(DE-B1597)9780674726208(Au-PeEL)EBL3301380(CaPaEBR)ebr10827011(OCoLC)923120287(MiAaPQ)EBC3301380(EXLCZ)99371000000008309020140124h20142014 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrWalter Benjamin a critical life /Howard Eiland and Michael W. Jennings ; book design by Dean BornsteinCambridge, Massachusetts ;London, England :The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (768 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-674-05186-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexWalter 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.Authors, German20th centuryBiographyAuthors, German838/.91209GM 2378rvkEiland Howard715826Jennings Michael William715827Bornstein Dean1624262MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807085703321Walter Benjamin4063232UNINA