عنوان

The correspondence of Walter Benjamin, 1910-1940 /

(Number (ISBN

0226042375

(Number (ISBN

9780226042374

Number

b533667

Title Proper

The correspondence of Walter Benjamin, 1910-1940 /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited and annotated by Gershom Scholem and Theodor W. Adorno ; translated by Manfred R. Jacobson and Evelyn M. Jacobson

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Chicago :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Chicago Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1994

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxii, 651 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

"Originally published in Germany in 1978 as a two-volume edition under the titles Briefe 1, 1910-1928 and Briefe 2, 1929-1940, copyright Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1966"--Title page verso

Text of Note

Includes indexes

Text of Note

"Called "the most important critic of his time" by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has emerged as one of the most compelling thinkers of our time as well, his work assuming a crucial place in current debates over the interactions of art, culture, and meaning. A "natural and extraordinary talent for letter writing was one of the most captivating facets of his nature," writes Gershom Scholem in his Foreword; and indeed, Benjamin's correspondence reveals the evolution of some of his most powerful ideas. Published here in English for the first time, these letters offer an intimate picture of Benjamin himself and the times in which he lived. Written in a day when letters were an important vehicle for the presentation and development of intellectual matters, Benjamin's correspondence is rich in insight into the circumstances behind his often difficult work." "These letters provide a lively view of Benjamin's life and thought from his days as a student to his melancholy experiences as an exile in Paris. As he defends his changing ideas to admiring and skeptical friends - poets, philosophers, and radicals - we witness the restless self-analysis of a creative mind far in advance of his own time. Writing at length to Scholem and Theodor Adorno, and exchanging letters with Rainer Maria Rilke, Hannah Arendt, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Max Horkheimer, Max Brod, Bertolt Brecht, and Kafka's friend Felix Weltsch, Benjamin elaborates his ideas about metaphor and language. He reflects on literary figures from Kafka to Karl Kraus, the "Jewish Question" and anti-Semitism, Marxism and Zionism. And he expounds his personal attitudes toward such subjects as the role of quotations in criticism, history, and tradition; the meaning of being a "collector"; and French culture and the national character." "In sum, this magnificent collection is an exceptionally rich source of information and an essential key to understanding one of the preeminent figures of modern culture."--Jacket

General Material Designation

Correspondence.

Language (when part of a heading)

English

Benjamin, Walter,1892-1940., Correspondence

Authors, German-- 20th century, Correspondence

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Benjamin, Walter,1892-1940

Adorno, Theodor W.,1903-1969

Scholem, Gershom,1897-1982

Mazal Holocaust Collection.

Date of Transaction

20160712055740.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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