On Goethe / Walter Benjamin ; edited by Susan Bernstein, Peter Fenves, and Kevin McLaughlin.
| Author/creator | Benjamin, Walter |
| Other author | Bernstein, Susan |
| Other author | Fenves, Peter D. (Peter David), 1960 |
| Other author | McLaughlin, Kevin, 1959 |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2025] |
| Description | xiv, 364 pages 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cultural memory in the present Cultural memory in the present http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/2b52cdc5-429b-f4d7-86ce-77acd10f372f |
| Abstract | "On Goethe contains the full range of Walter Benjamin's reflections on the central figure in modern German culture. The writings in this volume--newly translated, fully annotated, and framed by an extensive introduction--display a variety of styles and cover a vast array of topics. The collection revolves around two strikingly different essays. Whereas "Goethe's Elective Affinities" develops a theory of critique in which a work is illuminated wholly from within itself, an article Benjamin wrote on Goethe for the Soviet Encyclopedia represents his first large-scale attempt to elaborate a historical-materialist methodology. The other thirty translations stand in similarly productive tension with one another. Some are concerned with concepts of beauty and categories of the aesthetic, others with the relation of art to politics and the status of "classical authors" in contemporary culture, and still others with what remains of humanistic traditions in the wake of their disappearance under fascist regimes and what synthesis is required for the construction of a historical object. The volume provides a glimpse into the laboratory of Benjamin's thought, while granting readers a series of insights into the epochal phenomena that gather around the name "Goethe."" -- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "The original writings translated in this book are available in Walter Benjamin, 'Gesammelte Schriften,' ed. Rolf Tiedemann and Hermann Schweppenhäuser, 7 vols., © 1972-91, Suhrkamp Verlag." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | Translated from German. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2025931295 |
| ISBN | 9781503630963 hardcover |
| ISBN | 150363096X hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781503642225 paperback |
| ISBN | 1503642224 paperback |
| ISBN | ebook |
| ISBN | ebook |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |