Walter Benjamin and the Corpus of Autobiography

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-8143-3083-8
Verlag: Wayne State University Press

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 452 g

Reihe: Kritik: German Literary Theory and Cultural Studies Series

Walter Benjamin is considered one of the most significant writers and theorists in 20th-century Western culture. The author of this work shows that Benjamin's engagement with the political cannot be understood in terms of unified concepts, but rather should be understood from his language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richter, Gerhard

Über Autor(innen)

Gerhard Richter is associate professor of German and affiliate professor in comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the editor of Benjamin's Ghosts: Interventions in Literary and Cultural Theory.