Walter Benjamin : : A Critical Life / / Howard Eiland.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Eiland, Howard,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (765 p.) :; 37 halftones

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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, and Port Bou, 1939– 1940 -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Ac know ledg ments -- Index