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Eiland, Howard.

Walter Benjamin : a critical life / Howard Eiland and Michael W. Jennings. - Cambridge The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2014 - 755 p.; illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 719-733) and index.

A Berlin childhood: 1892-1912 -- Metaphysics of youth: Berlin and Freiburg, 1912-1914 -- The concept of criticism: Berlin, Munich, and Bern, 1915-1919 -- Elective affinities: Berlin and Heidelberg, 1920-1922 -- Academic nomad: Frankfurt, Berlin, and Capri, 1923-1925 -- Weimar intellectual: Berlin and Moscow, 1925-1928 -- The destructive character: Berlin, Paris, and Ibiza, 1929-1932 -- Exile: Paris and Ibiza, 1933-1934 -- The Parisian arcades: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1935-1937 -- Baudelaire and the streets of Paris: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1938-1939 -- The angel of history: Paris, Nevers, Marseilles, and Port Bou, 1939-1940.

ISBN: 9780674051867 (hbk.) 0674051866 (hbk.)

Standard No.: 40023179663

LCCN: 2013012858

Subjects--Personal Names:
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Authors, German--20th century--Biography.

LC Class. No.: PT2603.E455 / Z6455 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 838/.91209 B