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Title: The Origin of German Tragic Drama by Walter Benjamin, John Osbourne, John Osborne, George Steiner ISBN: 1-85984-413-8 Publisher: Verso Books Pub. Date: 14 August, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Essential reading for students of critical theory
Comment: While it concerns baroque Trauerspiel (literally, "mourning play" or "lamentation play," not "tragic drama") this book is necessary reading for students of critical theory who don't have literature as a primary field of interest. In it, Benjamin develops his critique of allegory (which he later amended in his work on Baudelaire and would play a major role in The Arcades Project) as well as his method of philosphical history, which would decisively influence Theodor Adorno (see, for example, Adorno's book on Kierkegaard and his lecture "The Idea of Natural History"). Don't let the notoriously opaque prologue dissuade you from reading beyond the opening pages--the rest of the book has more stylistic and conceptual clarity (which doesn't mean it's easy!). In fact, you may want to skip the prologue and return to it after reading the body of the text. In any case, this book will give you a solid grounding for understanding the foundations of Benjamin's work--it should not be slighted. I deduct a star not because of Benjamin but because of the translation (less than sterling) and Steiner's introduction which, despite correcting the title's translation, restricts itself to literary concerns.
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Title: Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, Vol. 4, 1938-1940 by Walter Benjamin ISBN: 0674010760 Publisher: Belknap Pr Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Illuminations by Walter Benjamin ISBN: 0805202412 Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 13 January, 1969 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, Vol. 3, 1935-1938 by Walter Benjamin, Howard Eiland, Michael W. Jennings ISBN: 0674008960 Publisher: Belknap Pr Pub. Date: 31 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Organs Without Bodies: On Deleuze and Consequences by Slavoj Zizek ISBN: 0415969212 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Aesthetic Theory by Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, Robert Hullot-Kentor ISBN: 0816618003 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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