Walter Benjamin : a critical life /

Eiland, Howard,

Walter Benjamin : a critical life / Howard Eiland and Michael W. Jennings. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (755 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



9780674726208


Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.


Authors, German--20th century--Biography.


Electronic Books.

PT2603 / .W358 2014