Walter Benjamin's Archive : images, texts, signs / translated by Esther Leslie ; edited by Ursula Marx ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leslie, Esther.

Marx, Ursula.

Walter Benjamin Archiv.

Standardized Title:

Walter Benjamins Archive. English.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940--Archives--Exhibitions.

Benjamin, Walter.

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.

Authors, German--20th century--Exhibitions.

Authors, German.

Genre:

Archives.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

310 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2007.

Summary:

The works of the great literary and cultural critic Benjamin are a reservoir of texts, commentaries, and fragments of everyday life. This beautifully designed book gives an insight into Benjamins habits of collecting and archiving through some of his most personal documents.

Contents:

1 Tree of Conscientiousness: Benjamin as Archivist 7

2 Scrappy Paperwork: Collecting and Dispersal 29

3 From Small to Smallest Details: Micrographies 49

4 Physiognomy of the Thingworld: Russian Toys 73

5 Opinions et Pensees: His Son's Words and Turns of Phrase 109

6 Daintiest Quarters: Notebooks 151

7 Travel Scenes: Picture Postcards 171

8 A Bow Being Bent: Composing, Building, Weaving 197

9 Constellations: Graphic Forms 231

10 Rag Picking: The Arcades Project 251

11 Past Turned Space: Arcades and Interiors 267

12 Hard Nuts to Crack: Riddles, Brainteasers, Word Games 287

13 Sibyls: Mosaics in Siena 303.

Notes:

Original German edition published to coincide with exhibition held October 3 to November 19 2006 at the Academy of Arts, Berlin.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-310).

ISBN:

9781844671960

1844671968

OCLC:

183145125