Walter Benjamin : : A Critical Life / / Howard Eiland.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Eiland, Howard,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (765 p.) :; 37 halftones
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. A Berlin Childhood: 1892- 1912 --; 2. Metaphysics of Youth: Berlin and Freiburg, 1912- 1914 --; 3. The Concept of Criticism: Berlin, Munich, and Bern, 1915- 1919 --; 4. Elective Affinities: Berlin and Heidelberg, 1920- 1922 --; 5. Academic Nomad: Frankfurt, Berlin, and Capri, 1923- 1925 --; 6. Weimar Intellectual: Berlin and Moscow, 1925- 1928 --; 7. The Destructive Character: Berlin, Paris, and Ibiza, 1929- 1932 --; 8. Exile: Paris and Ibiza, 1933- 1934 --; 9. The Parisian Arcades: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1935- 1937 --; 10. Baudelaire and the Streets of Paris: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1938- 1939 --; 11. The Angel of History: Paris, Nevers, Marseilles, and Port Bou, 1939- 1940 --; Epilogue --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Selected Bibliography --; Ac know ledg ments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674726208; 9783110665901
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674726208
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Howard Eiland.

Walter Benjamin was perhaps the twentieth century's most elusive intellectual. His writings defy categorization, and his improvised existence has proven irresistible to mythologizers. In a major new biography, Howard Eiland and Michael Jennings present a comprehensive portrait of the man and his times, as well as extensive commentary on his work.