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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
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guan, Beibei, 1980- author.
- Cristaudo, Wayne, 1954- author.
- Series:
- Politics, literature, & film
- Politics, literature, and film
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867--Critcism and interpretaiton.
- Baudelaire, Charles.
- Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.
- Benjamin, Walter.
- Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867.
- Politics and literature.
- 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
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