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Benjamin, Walter 1892-1940
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3,697
works in
10,850
publications in
14
languages and
184,725
library holdings
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
Literature
Biography
History
Records and correspondence
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| Subject Headings: |
Authors, German
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| Roles: |
Author, Editor, Translator, Honoree, Creator, wpr, Illustrator, Other, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Contributor, zxx, Collector, Dedicatee, Arranger, Author of introduction, Collaborator, Commentator, Commentator for written text, Recipient, Narrator, Performer, wat, Artist, Adapter
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PT2603.E455,
809 |
Most widely held works about
Walter Benjamin
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Benjamin's -abilities by Samuel Weber(
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Walter Benjamin : overpowering conformism by Esther Leslie(
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Profane illumination : Walter Benjamin and the Paris of surrealist revolution by Margaret Cohen(
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Walter Benjamin and art
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Melancholy dialectics : Walter Benjamin and the play of mourning by Max Pensky(
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Picturing ourselves : photography & autobiography by Linda Haverty Rugg(
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Walter Benjamin's other history : of stones, animals, human beings, and angels by Beatrice Hanssen(
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Fragments of redemption : Jewish thought and literary theory in Benjamin, Scholem, and Levinas by Susan A Handelman(
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On creaturely life : Rilke, Benjamin, Sebald by Eric L Santner(
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Walter Benjamin : the colour of experience by Howard Caygill(
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Reading Borges after Benjamin : allegory, afterlife, and the writing of history by Kate Jenckes(
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Metaphysics of the profane : the political theology of Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem by Eric Jacobson(
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The promise of memory : history and politics in Marx, Benjamin, and Derrida by Matthias Fritsch(
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Body- and image-space : re-reading Walter Benjamin by Sigrid Weigel(
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Walter Benjamin and history by Andrew E Benjamin(
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Most widely held works by
Walter Benjamin
Illuminations by Walter Benjamin (
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100
editions published
between
1955
and
2018
in
3
languages
and held by
2,556
libraries
worldwide
This book contains studies on contemporary art and culture by one of the most original, critical and analytical minds of this century. Illuminations includes Benjamin's views on Kafka, with whom he felt the closest personal affinity, his studies on Baudelaire and Proust (both of whom he translated), his essays on Leskov and on Brecht's Epic Theater. Also included are his penetrating study on "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," an illuminating discussion of translation as a literary mode, and his thesis on the philosophy of history. Hannah Arendt selected the essays for this volume and prefaces them with a substantial, admirably informed introduction that presents Benjamin's personality and intellectual development, as well as his work and his life in dark times. - Publisher
The arcades project by Walter Benjamin (
Book
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32
editions published
between
1999
and
2003
in
English
and held by
1,151
libraries
worldwide
Focusing on the arcades of 19th-century Paris--glass-roofed rows of shops that were early centers of consumerism--Benjamin presents a montage of quotations from, and reflections on, hundreds of published sources
Understanding Brecht by Walter Benjamin (
Book
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93
editions published
between
1969
and
2014
in
6
languages
and held by
843
libraries
worldwide
Ursprung des deutschen Trauerspiels by Walter Benjamin (
Book
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97
editions published
between
1928
and
2016
in
4
languages
and held by
786
libraries
worldwide
Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit; drei Studien zur Kunstsoziologie by Walter Benjamin (
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114
editions published
between
1963
and
2012
in
3
languages
and held by
651
libraries
worldwide
Berlin childhood around 1900 by Walter Benjamin (
Book
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97
editions published
between
1950
and
2017
in
8
languages
and held by
638
libraries
worldwide
Review: Berlin Childhood around 1900 remained unpublished during Walter Benjamin's lifetime. Now translated into English for the first time in book form, on the basis of the recently discovered final version that contains the author's own arrangement of a suite of luminous vignettes, it can be more widely appreciated as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century prose writing. This book is also one of Benjamin's great city texts, bringing to life the cocoon of his childhood--the parks, streets, schoolrooms, and interiors of an emerging metropolis. It reads the city as palimpsest and labyrinth, revealing unexpected lyricism in the heart of the familiar
Gesammelte Schriften by Walter Benjamin (
Book
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105
editions published
between
1974
and
2006
in
German and Undetermined
and held by
601
libraries
worldwide
The writer of modern life : essays on Charles Baudelaire by Walter Benjamin (
Book
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9
editions published
in
2006
in
English and German
and held by
593
libraries
worldwide
Walter Benjamin's essays on the great French lyric poet Charles Baudelaire revolutionized not just the way we think about Baudelaire, but our understanding of modernity and modernism as well. In these essays, Benjamin challenges the image of Baudelaire as late-Romantic dreamer, and evokes instead the modern poet caught in a life-or-death struggle with the forces of the urban commodity capitalism that had emerged in Paris around 1850. The Baudelaire who steps forth from these pages is the flâneur who affixes images as he strolls through mercantile Paris, the ragpicker who collects urban detritus only to turn it into poetry, the modern hero willing to be marked by modern life in its contradictions and paradoxes. He is in every instance the modern artist forced to commodify his literary production: "Baudelaire knew how it stood with the poet: as a flâneur he went to the market; to look it over, as he thought, but in reality to find a buyer." Benjamin reveals Baudelaire as a social poet of the very first rank. --Publisher
The work of art in the age of its technological reproducibility, and other writings on media by Walter Benjamin (
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97
editions published
between
1969
and
2017
in
8
languages
and held by
525
libraries
worldwide
Benjamin's famous "Work of Art" essay sets out his boldest thoughts - on media and on culture in general - in their most realized form, while retaining an edge that gets under the skin of everyone who reads it. In this essay the visual arts of the machine age morph into literature and theory and then back again to images, gestures, and thought. This essay, however, is only the beginning of a vast collection of writings that the editors have assembled to demonstrate what was revolutionary about Benjamin's explorations on media. Long before Marshall McLuhan, Benjamin saw that the way a bullet rips into its victim is exactly the way a movie or pop song lodges in the soul. This book contains the second, and most daring, of the four versions of the "Work of Art" essay - the one that addresses the utopian developments of the modern media. The collection tracks Benjamin's observations on the media as they are revealed in essays on the production and reception of art; on film, radio, and photography; and on the modern transformations of literature and painting. The volume contains some of Benjamin's best-known work alongside fascinating, little-known essays - some appearing for the first time in English. In the context of his passionate engagement with questions of aesthetics, the scope of Benjamin's media theory can be fully appreciated
Charles Baudelaire: a lyric poet in the era of high capitalism by Walter Benjamin (
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24
editions published
between
1973
and
1999
in
3
languages
and held by
513
libraries
worldwide
Illuminationen; ausgewählte Schriften by Walter Benjamin (
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72
editions published
between
1955
and
2012
in
German and Undetermined
and held by
513
libraries
worldwide
Reflections : essays, aphorisms, autobiographical writings by Walter Benjamin (
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27
editions published
between
1976
and
2018
in
3
languages
and held by
502
libraries
worldwide
A companion volume to Illuminations, the first collection of Walter Benjamin's writings, Reflections presents a further sampling of his wide-ranging work. Here Benjamin evolves a theory of language as the medium of all creation, discusses theater and surrealism, reminisces about Berlin in the 1920s, recalls conversations with Bertolt Brecht, and provides travelogues of various cities, including Moscow under Stalin. He moves seamlessly from literary criticism to autobiography to philosophical-theological speculations, cementing his reputation as one of the greatest and most versatile writers of the twentieth century. Also included is a new preface by Leon Wieseltier that explores Benjamin's continued relevance for our times
Der Begriff der Kunstkritik in der deutschen Romantik by Walter Benjamin (
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46
editions published
between
1919
and
2013
in
German and Undetermined
and held by
490
libraries
worldwide
Gesammelte Schriften by Walter Benjamin (
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60
editions published
between
1972
and
2006
in
3
languages
and held by
348
libraries
worldwide
Unpacking my library : architects and their books by Walter Benjamin (
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12
editions published
between
2009
and
2010
in
English and Catalan
and held by
320
libraries
worldwide
"What does a library say about the mind of its owner? How do books map the intellectual interests, curiosities, tastes, and personalities of their readers? What does the collecting of books have in common with the practice of architecture? Unpacking My Library provides an intimate look at the personal libraries of twelve of the world's leading architects, alongside conversations about the significance of books to their careers and lives. Photographs of bookshelves -- displaying well-loved and rare volumes, eclectic organizational schemes, and the individual touches that make a bookshelf one's own -- provide an evocative glimpse of their owner's personal life. Each architect also presents a reading list of top ten influential titles, from architectural history to theory to fiction and nonfiction, that serves as a personal philosophy of literature and history, and advice on what every young architect, scholar, and lover of architecture should read."--Publisher description
Deutsche Menschen; eine Folge von Briefen by Walter Benjamin (
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58
editions published
between
1962
and
2016
in
3
languages
and held by
314
libraries
worldwide
A collection of literary letters by major German writers, philosophers and politicians. Spans the period 1783-1883
Correspondance Adorno-Benjamin, 1928-1940 by Theodor W Adorno (
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17
editions published
between
1993
and
2012
in
5
languages
and held by
151
libraries
worldwide
Benjamin's -abilities by Samuel Weber (
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3
editions published
between
2008
and
2010
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
4
libraries
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""There is no world of thought that is not a world of language," Walter Benjamin remarked, "and one only sees in the world what is preconditioned by language." In this book, Samuel Weber reveals a new and productive aspect of Benjamin's thought by focusing on a little-discussed stylistic trait in his formulation of concepts." "Weber's focus is the critical suffix "--Ability" that Benjamin so tellingly deploys in his work. The "-ability" of concepts and literary forms traverses the whole of Benjamin's oeuvre, from "impartibility" and "criticizability" through the well-known formulations of "citability," "translatability," and, most famously, the "reproducibility" of "The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility.""--Jacket
Gesammelte Schriften by Walter Benjamin (
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1
edition published
in
1972
in
German
and held by
1
library
worldwide
Walter Benjamin, an aesthetic of redemption by Richard Wolin (
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1
edition published
in
1997
in
English
and held by
1
library
worldwide
An introduction to the writings of Walter Benjamin
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 Related Identities
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Adorno, Theodor W. 1903-1969 Other Contributor Author of introduction Collaborator Honoree Author Editor Creator Author of afterword, colophon, etc. Compiler
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Scholem, Gershom 1897-1982 Other Editor Author of introduction Author Contributor Compiler
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Benjamin, Andrew E. Other Author Editor
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Tiedemann, Rolf Other utg Adapter Author of introduction Publishing director Author Editor Creator Author of afterword, colophon, etc. Originator
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Arendt, Hannah 1906-1975 Other Author of introduction Recipient Speaker Author Editor Honoree
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Jennings, Michael William Author of introduction Other Author Editor win
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Brecht, Bertolt 1898-1956 Honoree Author
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Eiland, Howard Other Adapter Author Editor Translator
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Kracauer, Siegfried 1889-1966 Author Creator
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Mazal Holocaust Collection
Associated Subjects
Aesthetics Aesthetics, German Arcades Architects--Books and reading Art and society Art criticism Arts, Modern--Philosophy Authors, German Autobiography Baudelaire, Charles, Benjamin, Walter, Best books Borges, Jorge Luis, Brecht, Bertolt, Experience France--Paris German drama (Tragedy) Germany Grief in literature History in literature History--Philosophy Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Intellectual life Intellectuals Jews--Cultural assimilation Judaism Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit (Benjamin, Walter) Lévinas, Emmanuel Literature Manners and customs Mass media Mass media--Philosophy Melancholy in literature Messiah--Judaism Philosophy Philosophy, German Philosophy, Marxist Photography of art Photography--Philosophy Psychoanalysis and literature Rilke, Rainer Maria, Romanticism Scholem, Gershom, Sebald, W. G.--(Winfried Georg), Self-realization in literature Strindberg, August, Surrealism Tragedy Twain, Mark, Wolf, Christa
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Alternative Names
Ardor
Ardor 1892-1940
Banyaming 1892-1940
Benjamin.
Benʹjamin, Valʹter 1892-1940
Benjamin W. 1892-1940
Benjamin W. B. S. 1892-1940
Benjamin, W. (Walter), 1892-1940
Benjamin, Walter
Benjamin, Walter Bendix Schönflies
Benjamin Walter Bendix Schönflies 1892-1940
Benjamins, Valters 1892-1940
Benʼyamin, Varutā 1892-1940
Benyāmîn, Walṭer 1892-1940
Benyaming, Waerte 1892-1940
Binyāmīn, Fāltir 1892-1940
Binyamin V. 1892-1940
Binyamin, Ṿalṭer 1892-1940
Binyāmîn, Walṭer 1892-1940
Binyamiyn, Walṭer
Binyamiyn Walṭer 1892-1940
Conrad, C. 1892-1940
Gualterius Benjamin
Holz D. 1892-1940
Holz, Detlef.
Holz Detlef 1892-1940
Holz, Detlev
Holz Detlev 1892-1940
Mpengiamin, Balter 1892-1940
Peñcamin̲, Vālṭṭar 1892-1940
Schönflies, Bendix 1892-1940
Schönflies, Benedix
Schönflies, Benedix, 1892-1940
Valter Benyamin
Valters Benjamins
Wa er te Ben ya ming 1892-1940
Waerte-Benyaming 1892-1940
Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin Alemaniar literatura-kritikari eta filosofoa
Walter Benjamin Duits filosoof
Walter Benjamin filósofo, crítico literario, crítico social, traductor, locutor de radio y ensayista alemán
Walter Benjamin filosofo e scrittore tedesco
Walter Benjamin German literary critic, philosopher and social critic (1892-1940)
Walter Benjamin német filozófus, irodalomkritikus, esszéista, 1892-1940
Walter Benjamin niemiecki filozof, teoretyki kultury, tłumacz, krytyk literacki i eseista
Walter Benjamin philosophe, critique littéraire, critique d’art et traducteur allemand
Walter Benjamin tysk filosof
Βάλτερ Μπένγιαμιν Γερμανός κριτικός και φιλόσοφος
Беньямин В. 1892-1940
Беньямин, Вальтер 1892-1940
Валтер Бенямин
Валтер Бенјамин
Валтер Бенјамин германски филозоф, општествен и книжевен критичар
Вальтер Беньямин немецкий философ, теоретик истории, эстетик, историк фотографии, литературный критик, писатель и переводчик
Вальтер Беньямін
בנימין, ולטר
בנימין, ולטר 1892-1940
בנימין, ולטר 1892־1940־־הרצאות, מאמרים, שיחות
ולטר בנימין
ולטר, בנימין 1892-1940
والتر بنيامين
والتر بنیامین
ਵਾਲਟਰ ਬੈਂਜਾਮਿਨ
발터 벤야민
벤야민, W. 1892-1940
벤야민, 발터 1892-1940
ヴァルター・ベンヤミン
ヴァルター・ベンヤミン 1892-1940
ベンヤミン, W
ベンヤミン, ヴァルター
ベンヤミン, ヴァルタ- 1892-1940
本雅明, 瓦尓徳
本雅明, 瓦尓特
本雅明, 瓦尔特 1892-1940
沃尓特・本雅明
瓦尓徳・本雅明
瓦尔特·本雅明
瓦尔特‧本雅明 1892-1940
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