Walter Benjamin: An Intellectual Biography

Contributor(s): Witte, Bernd (Author), Rolleston, James (Translator)

ISBN: 9780814320181

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Binding Types:

Paperback

$23.99

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$36.94 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$35.74 (100+ copies: $34.99)

List/retail price:

$23.99

Pub Date: June 1, 1997

Dewey: B

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.72" H x 8.96" L x 6.00" W ( 0.79 lbs) 232 pages

BISAC Categories:

Biography and Autobiography | Literary Figures | Literary Criticism | European | German

Series: Kritik: German Literary Theory and Cultural Studies

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: This book provides readers with the opportunity to survey the facts surrounding Benjamin's life and assess the interpretations of his texts.

Review Quotes:

Remarkably free of ideological restraints and interpretative hubris, [this book] is probably the best introduction to Benjamin's thought . . . available in English.

-- "Besprechungen"

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