Illuminations (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback / softback)

Illuminations (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback / softback)

Features 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction', 'The Task of the Translator' and 'Theses on the Philosophy of History', as well as essays on Kafka, storytelling, Baudelaire, Brecht's epic theatre, and

Illuminations: Essays and Reflections (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback)

'There has been no more original, no more serious critic and reader in our time.' -- George Steiner Walter Benjamin was an icon of criticism, renowned for his insight on art, literature, and philosophy. This volume includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt a close personal affinity; his

One-Way Street and Other Writings (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback / softback)

Walter Benjamin - philosopher, essayist, literary and cultural theorist - was one of the most original writers and thinkers of the twentieth century. This title brings together Benjamin's major works, including 'Unpacking My Library'; 'One-Way Street'; 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical

Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, 1: 1913-1926 (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback)

Walter Benjamin was one of the most original and important critical voices of the twentieth century, but until now only a few of his writings have been available in English. Harvard University Press has now undertaken to publish a significant portion of his work in definitive translation, under the

The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin, 1910-1940 (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback)

Called 'the most important critic of his time' by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has only become more influential over the years, as his work has assumed a crucial place in current debates over the interactions of art, culture, and meaning. A 'natural and extraordinary talent for letter writing was

The Arcades Project (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback)

To great writers, Walter Benjamin once wrote, finished works weigh lighter than those fragments on which they labor their entire lives. Conceived in Paris in 1927 and still in progress when Benjamin fled the Occupation in 1940, The Arcades Project (in German, Das Passagen-Werk) is a monumental

Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, 3: 1935-1938 (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback)

Radical critic of a European civilization plunging into darkness, yet commemorator of the humane traditions of the old bourgeoisie--such was Walter Benjamin in the later 1930s. This volume, the third in a four-volume set, offers twenty-seven brilliant pieces, nineteen of which have never before

Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life (Eiland Howard)(Paperback)

Walter Benjamin is one of the twentieth century's most important intellectuals, and also one of its most elusive. His writings--mosaics incorporating philosophy, literary criticism, Marxist analysis, and a syncretistic theology--defy simple categorization. And his mobile, often improvised existence

Archiveology: Walter Benjamin and Archival Film Practices (Russell Catherine)(Paperback)

In Archiveology Catherine Russell uses the work of Walter Benjamin to explore how the practice of archiveology-the reuse, recycling, appropriation, and borrowing of archival sounds and images by filmmakers-provides ways to imagine the past and the future. Noting how the film archive does not

Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, 4: 1938-1940 (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback)

'Every line we succeed in publishing today...is a victory wrested from the powers of darkness.' So wrote Walter Benjamin in January 1940. Not long afterward, he himself would fall prey to those powers, a victim of suicide following a failed attempt to flee the Nazis. However insistently the idea of

Psani vzpomínání - Walter Benjamin

Třetí svazek spisů představuje Waltera Benjamina jako spisovatele, v jehož literárních dílech se zrcadlí a naplňují některé z jeho vůdčích konceptů a idejí. Jádrem svazku je kompletní překlad Jednosměrky, vedle Berlínského dětství kolem roku 1900 výbor obsahuje několik

After Sebald - Essays and Illuminations (Coetzee John)(Paperback / softback)

Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, Volume 2: Part 2: 1931-1934 (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback)

In the frenzied final years of the Weimar Republic, amid economic collapse and mounting political catastrophe, Walter Benjamin emerged as the most original practicing literary critic and public intellectual in the German-speaking world. Volume 2 of the Selected Writings is now available in

Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, Volume 2: Part 1: 1927-1930 (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback)

In the frenzied final years of the Weimar Republic, amid economic collapse and mounting political catastrophe, Walter Benjamin emerged as the most original practicing literary critic and public intellectual in the German-speaking world. Volume 2 of the Selected Writings is now available in

Understanding Brecht (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback / softback)

In this volume we find collected together Benjamin's most sensitive and probing writing on the dramatic and poetic work of his friend and tutor Bertolt Brecht. Benjamin's work still exerts an influence over philosophical and cultural thinking

Původ německé truchlohry - Walter Benjamin

Původ německé truchlohry (tiskem 1928), nejrozsáhlejší souvislý text Waltera Benjamina (1892–1940), podává unikátní výklad barokní jevištní i výtvarné alegorie – a činí tak jazykem plným aluzí, vnitřní dynamiky a neočekávaných obratů, nutících čtenáře nahlédnout

Filosofie jazyka Waltera Benjamina - Martin Ritter

Původní monografie uvádějící do myšlení německého filosofa a literárního kritika Waltera Benjamina prostřednictvím interpretace jeho filosofie jazyka

The Storyteller Essays (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback)

A new translation of philosopher Walter Benjamin's work as it pertains to his famous essay, 'The Storyteller,' this collection includes short stories, book reviews, parables, and as a selection of writings by other authors who had an influence on Benjamin's work. 'The Storyteller' is one of Walter

Lovení perel - Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendtová

Hannah Arendtová publikovala v roce 1968 esej s jednoduchým názvem Walter Benjamin (1892-1940). Téhož roku uveřejnila i jeho anglickou verzi jako předmluvu k prvnímu anglickému vydání Benjaminových vybraných spisů, které neslo název Illuminations a o něž se sama výrazně

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Isaacson Walter)(Paperback)

In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Einstein and Steve Jobs, shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character. Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of

Walter Benjamin - Or, Towards a Revolutionary Criticism (Eagleton Terry)(Paperback / softback)

From our finest radical literary analyst, a classic study of the great philosopher and cultural

Introducing Walter Benjamin: A Graphic Guide (Caygill Howard)(Paperback)

This beautifully illustrated guide to Walter Benjaminthe genius behind the famous essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproductiontraces his influence on modern aesthetics and cultural history as well as his particular focus on the tension between Marxism and Zionism, and between word

Origin of the German Trauerspiel (Benjamin Walter)(Paperback)

Origin of the German Trauerspiel was Walter Benjamin's first full, historically oriented analysis of modernity. Readers of English know it as 'The Origin of German Tragic Drama,' but in fact the subject is something else--the play of mourning. Howard Eiland's completely new English translation, the

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Franklin Benjamin)(Paperback / softback)