Walter Benjamin's Archive : images, texts, signs /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Leslie, Esther (μεταφράστρια.), Marx, Ursula (επιμελήτρια.)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London ; New York : Verso, 2007
• Θέματα: Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940 > Αρχεία > Εκθέσεις; Συγγραφέις, Γερμανοί > 20ός αιώνας > Εκθέσεις

Intricate and intimate, produced in association with the Benjamin Archive, this book leads right into the core of Walter Benjamin's work, yielding a rich and detailed portrait of the author.

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Tree of conscientiousness: Benjamin as archivist
• 2. Scrappy paperwork: collecting and dispersal
• 3. From small to smallest details: micrographies
• 4. Physiognomy of the thingworld: Russian toys
• 5. Opinions et pensées: his son's words and turns of phrase
• 6. Daintiest quarters: notebooks
• 7. Travel scenes: picture postcards
• 8. A bow being bent: composing, building, weaving
• 9. Constellations: graphic forms
• 10. Rag picking: the Arcades Project
• 11. Past turned space: arcades and interiors
• 12. Hard nuts to crack: riddles, brainteasers, word games
• 13. Sibyls: mosaics in Siena.