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.

Product details

• Authors: David Ferris, David S. Ferris
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521683081
• ISBN: 978-0-521-68308-1
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Cambridge introduction to; Cambridge Introductions to Lit; Cambridge introduction to
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies