Walter Benjamin : the pearl diver / Peter E. Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, Peter Eli, author.

Contributor:

Yale University Press, publisher.

Series:

Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)

Jewish lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.

Benjamin, Walter.

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

Authors, German.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

203 pages : black and white illustrations ; portraits ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) is widely considered one of the most creative cultural critics of the twentieth century. Esteemed for his literary acumen and capacious imagination, he developed a unique style of criticism―his friend Hannah Arendt called it pearl-diving―that sought out fragments of redemption in the ruins of bourgeois civilization. Award-winning author Peter E. Gordon tells Benjamin’s story in a vivid and poetic style, inviting the reader to look beyond the image of Benjamin as a tragic figure of German-Jewish history and portraying him as a complex personality of unique and multifaceted gifts. Tracing Benjamin’s life from his Berlin childhood to his Parisian exile, through the romanticism of the youth movements and the conflicts over modernism and Marxism, Gordon brings Benjamin to life." -Dust jacket

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references ande index.

ISBN:

9780300216868

0300216866

OCLC:

1524234858