LEADER 03274nam 22005052 450 001 996205071403316 005 20151109030845.0 010 $a1-139-81648-9 010 $a0-511-99949-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000820254 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000371863 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11302877 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000371863 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10412579 035 $a(PQKB)11743889 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511999499 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00022299 035 $a(UK-CbPIL)2050315 035 $a(PPN)168430142 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000820254 100 $a20110114d2004|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Cambridge companion to Walter Benjamin /$fedited by David S. Ferris$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 247 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge companions to literature 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015). 311 $a0-521-79724-1 311 $a0-521-79329-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aWalter Benjamin and the European avant-garde / Michael Jennings -- Art forms / Jan Mieszkowski -- Language and mimesis in Walter Benjamin's work / Beatrice Hanssen -- Walter Benjamin's concept of cultural history / Howard Caygill -- Benjamin's modernity / Andrew Benjamin -- Benjamin and psychoanalysis / Sarah Ley Roff -- Benjamin and the ambiguities of Romanticism / Rebecca Comay -- Body politics: Benjamin's dialectical materialism between Brecht and the Frankfurt School / Rainer Nagele -- Method and time: Benjamin;s dialectical images / Max Pensky -- Benjamin's phantasmagoria: the Arcades Project / Margaret Cohen -- Acts of self-portraiture: Benjamin's confessional and literary writings / Gerhard Richter. 330 $aThis Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to the work and thought of the highly influential twentieth-century critic and theorist Walter Benjamin. The volume provides examinations of the different aspects of Benjamin's work that have had a significant effect on contemporary critical and historical thought. Topics discussed by experts in the field include Benjamin's relation to the avant-garde movements of his time, the form of the work of art, his theories on language and mimesis, modernity, his relation to Brecht and the Frankfurt School, his significance and relevance to modern cultural studies, his formative interpretation of Romanticism, and his autobiographical writings. The volume is aimed at readers who may be coming to Benjamin for the first time or who have some knowledge of Benjamin but would like to know more about the issues and concepts central to his work. Additional material includes a guide to further reading and a chronology. 410 0$aCambridge companions to literature. 676 $a838/.91209 702 $aFerris$b David S.$f1954- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996205071403316 996 $aThe Cambridge companion to Walter Benjamin$92493420 997 $aUNISA