Benjamin's ghosts : interventions in contemporary literary and cultural theory / edited by Gerhard Richter.
| Other author | Richter, Gerhard, 1967- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2002. |
| Description | xiii, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Thinking images / Rainer Nägele -- Benjamin and cinema: not a one-way street / Miriam Hansen -- "The dynamite of a tenth of a second": Benjamin's revolutionary Messianism in silent film comedy / Tom McCall -- Aura reconsidered: Benjamin and contemporary visual culture / Lutz Koepnick -- Under construction: Walter Benjamin's "The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction" / Eva Geulen -- Suicitation: Benjamin and Freud / Laurence A. Rickels -- Genuine obscurity shadows the semblance whose obliteration promises redemption: reflections on Benjamin's "Goethe's elective affinites" / Stanley Corngold -- Portrait of melancholy (Benjamin, Warburg, Panofsky) / Beatrice Hanssen -- History of the delayed disintegration of phenomena / Fritz Breithaupt -- Virtual Paris: Benjamin's Arcades project / Kevin McLaughlin -- Aesthetics? Philosophy of history? Theology! / Norbert Bolz -- Tragedy and prophecy in Benjamin's Origin of the German mourning play / Peter Fenves -- Ornament, constellation, flurries / Bettine Menke -- Eros and language: Benjamin's Kraus essay / Sigrid Wiegel. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-362) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002001134 |
| ISBN | 0804741255 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0804741263 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | B3209.B584 .B45 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |