Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin

Informationen zum Autor David Ferris is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Klappentext An accessible overview of the German writer's life! works! intellectual! historical and cultural background! and the reception of his work. Zusammenfassung For students of modern criticism and theory! Walter Benjamin's writings have become essential reading. His analyses of photography! film! language! material culture! literature and the city have left an enduring critical legacy. This book provides an introduction to the key concepts and thought of this important literary and cultural critic. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Biography: a life displaced; 2. Contexts; 3. Works; 4. Critical reception; Guide to further reading; Index.

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• Authors: David Ferris, David S. Ferris
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.09.2008
• EAN: 9780521864589
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86458-9
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Lit; Cambridge Introductions to Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, german, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Western philosophy from c 1800, Literary theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000