The arcades project / Walter Benjamin ; translated by Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin ; prepared on the basis of the German volume edited by Rolf Tiedemann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.

Contributor:

Tiedemann, Rolf.

Standardized Title:

Passagen-Werk. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Arcades--France--Paris--19th century.

Arcades.

Paris (France)--History--1830-1848.

Paris (France).

Paris (France)--History--1848-1870.

Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Manners and customs.

France--Paris.

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.

Local Subjects:

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 1073 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press, 1999.

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Summary:

Focusing on the arcades of 19th-century Paris--glass-roofed rows of shops that were early centers of consumerism--Benjamin presents a montage of quotations from, and reflections on, hundreds of published sources. 46 illustrations.

Contents:

Translator's foreword

Exposés. "Paris, the capital of the nineteenth century" (1935) ; "Paris, capital of the nineteenth century" (1939)

Convolutes. Overview

First sketches

Early drafts. "Arcades" ; "The Arcades of Paris" ; "The Ring of Saturn"

Addenda. Exposé of 1935, early version ; Materials for the Exposé of 1935 ; Materials for "Arcades"

"Dialectics at a standstill" / Rolf Tiedemann

"The story of Old Benjamin" / Lisa Fittko ; Translator's notes

Guide to names and terms

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [955]-1015) and index.

ISBN:

067404326X

9780674043268

OCLC:

41176710