Walter Benjamin and the Corpus of Autobiography

by Gerhard Richter

Book Overview

Walter Benjamin and the Corpus of Autobiography is not merely the most extensive and insightful treatment of Benjamin 's autobiographical writings.

Although Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is considered one of the most significant writers and theorists in twentieth-century Western culture, his enigmatic sense of the political has eluded definition. His later work in particular stages a perpetual but little understood confrontation with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814330835
• ISBN13: 9780814330838
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"