Contributions

  • Eiland, Howard - Contributor

Publication

2011 - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

75,750 words, Guess

Page Count

303 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100674049934
  • ISBN-139780674049932
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010048101
  • OCLC Control Number676725393
  • Better World Books9780674049932
and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC838/.91209
  • LCCPT2603.E455 A26 2011
  • LCCPT2603.E455A26 2011

Description

In this addition to a project to bring to English-speaking audiences the work of Benjamin (1892-1940), an important German-Jewish philosopher and critic, this annotated translation compiles a selection of his shorter writings written between the ages of 17 and 25. Eiland (literature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) traces these poems, short stories, and essays back to Benjamin's high school/German Youth Movement days. Following biographical and cultural context, the chronologically-arranged selections span his interests in creativity, educational reform, religion, "the metaphysics of youth," and the works of Holderlin, Balzac, and Dostoevsky, among others.

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