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Baudelaire contra Benjamin : a critique of politicized aesthetics and cultural Marxism / Beibei Guan, Wayne Cristaudo.

Van Pelt Library PQ2191.Z5 G76 2019
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English
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Physical Description:
xxxvi, 197 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Political and artistic divides in Baudelaire
  • The diabolical character of modern political redemption
  • Benjamin's politicized aesthetics
  • The God's eye view of the historical materialist
  • Paris, melancholy and phantasmagoria : economic determinations or a human soul-scape?
  • Flâneurs & Baudelaire's urban self-makers, Benjamin's accomplices of commodity capitalism, and redeeming rag-pickers
  • Baudelaire's 'depraved' view of women and Benjamin's redemption of commodified fallen women
  • Conclusion.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.
Other Format:
Online version: Guan, Beibei, 1980- author. Baudelaire contra Benjamin
ISBN:
  • 9781498595070
  • 1498595073
OCLC:
1091370075
Online:
The James A. Crawford Memorial Fund Home Page

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