Walter Benjamin and the Corpus of Autobiography by Gerhard Richter (English) Pap

Description: Walter Benjamin and the Corpus of Autobiography by Gerhard Richter Walter Benjamin is considered one of the most significant writers and theorists in 20th-century Western culture. The author of this work shows that Benjamins engagement with the political cannot be understood in terms of unified concepts, but rather should be understood from his language. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Walter Benjamin and the Corpus of Autobiography is not merely the most extensive and insightful treatment of Benjamin s autobiographical writings. Although Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is considered one of the most significant writers and theorists in twentieth-century Western culture, his enigmatic sense of the political has eluded definition. His later work in particular stages a perpetual but little understood confrontation with German fascism. Gerhard Richter shows that Benjamins engagement with the political cannot be understood in terms of unified concepts and fully deducible theses that can be easily verified or refuted. Rather than explaining his sense of the political, Benjamin enacts it in the movement of his language. Richter traces Benjamins radical notions of the political through a series of corporeal figures in his often neglected autobiographical writings--the Moscow Diary, the Berlin Chronicle, and the Berlin Childhood around 1900. Each text subtly mobilizes a different trope of anatomy: the body, the ear, and the eye. Richter places these figures into a wide network of references from Benjamins corpus demonstrating that Benjamins innovative acts of self-portraiture are inseparable from his analyses of the physiognomy of Weimar culture and German fascism. Benjamins preoccupation with the body becomes visible as a political struggle that illuminates the relations among the self, history, reading, and language. Benjamins autobiographies, as Richter shows, negate fascism and its ideology of stable meaning with each turn away from an essential corporeal self.Readers interested in modem German literature and culture, literary and cultural theory, comparative literature, Weimar culture, and fascism will welcome this book. Author Biography Gerhard Richter is associate professor of German and affiliate professor in comparative literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the editor of Benjamins Ghosts: Interventions in Literary and Cultural Theory. Review Gerhard Richters study is so effective that it exceeds its own intentions and opens up an illumination of language in our times as well as in Benjamins. - Michigan Germanic Studies ""As the first full-scale study of Benjamins practice of autobiography in any language, Gerhard Richters admirable work performs a major scholarly service."" - Peter Fenves, Northwestern University ""This text is magisterial.... [It] renews ones amazement at the power and beauty of Benjamins thinking. I rate this work very highly."" - James Rolleston, Duke University ""... a remarkable achievement."" - Michael Jennings, Princeton University Promotional Walter Benjamin and the Corpus of Autobiography is not merely the most extensive and insightful treatment of Benjamin s autobiographical writings. Review Quote This text is magisterial . . . [It] renews ones amazement at the power and beauty of Benjamins thinking. I rate this work very highly. Promotional "Headline" Walter Benjamin and the Corpus of Autobiography is not merely the most extensive and insightful treatment of Benjamin s autobiographical writings. Details ISBN0814330835 Author Gerhard Richter Short Title WALTER BENJAMIN & THE CORPUS O Pages 312 Publisher Wayne State University Press Language English ISBN-10 0814330835 ISBN-13 9780814330838 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2002 Imprint Wayne State University Press Place of Publication Detroit, MI Country of Publication United States Residence WI, US Edition Description Revised Edition New edition Illustrations black & white illustrations Translated from English DOI 10.1604/9780814330838 AU Release Date 2002-04-01 NZ Release Date 2002-04-01 UK Release Date 2002-04-01 Series Kritik: German Literary Theory and Cultural Studies Series DEWEY 838.91209 Audience Undergraduate Publication Date 2002-04-30 US Release Date 2002-04-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:101718727;

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