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Walter Benjamin Walter Benjamin A Critical Life Howard Eiland and Michael W. Jennings The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press cambridge, massachusetts london, eng land • 2014 Copyright © 2014 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Eiland, Howard. Walter Benjamin : a critical life / Howard Eiland and Michael W. Jennings. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978- 0-6 74- 05186- 7 (alk. paper) 1. Benjamin, Walter, 1892– 1940. 2. Authors, German—2 0th century— Biography. I. Jennings, Michael William. I I. Title. PT2603.E455Z6455 2013 838'.91209—dc23 [B] 2013012858 Book design by Dean Bornstein For Elizabeth, Dorothea, Matthew, and Rudolph And for Sarah and Andrew Contents Introduction 1 1. A Berlin Childhood: 1892–1 912 12 2. Metaphysics of Youth: Berlin and Freiburg, 1912– 1914 32 3. The Concept of Criticism: Berlin, Munich, and Bern, 1915–1 919 75 4. Elective Affinities: Berlin and Heidelberg, 1920–1 922 117 5. Academic Nomad: Frankfurt, Berlin, and Capri, 1923– 1925 177 6. Weimar Intellectual: Berlin and Moscow, 1925–1 928 235 7. The Destructive Character: Berlin, Paris, and Ibiza, 1929–1 932 314 8. Exile: Paris and Ibiza, 1933–1 934 391 9. The Par is ian Arcades: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1935–1 937 483 10. Baudelaire and the Streets of Paris: Paris, San Remo, and Skovsbostrand, 1938– 1939 576 11. The Angel of History: Paris, Nevers, Marseilles, and Port Bou, 1939–1 940 647 Epilogue 677 Abbreviations 681 Notes 682 Selected Bibliography 719 Ack nowl edg ments 734 Index 735 Walter Benjamin
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