The Writer of Modern Life

The Writer of Modern Life
Author: Walter Benjamin
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780674022874

"In this book Benjamin reveals Baudelaire as a social poet of the very first rank. More than a series of studies of Baudelaire, these essays show the extent to which Benjamin identifies with the poet and enable him to explore his own notion of heroism."--BOOK JACKET.

Selected Writings: 1938-1940

Selected Writings: 1938-1940
Author: Walter Benjamin
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1996
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780674010765

Comprising more than 65 pieces - journal articles, reviews, extended essays, sketches, aphorisms, and fragments - this volume shows the range of Walter Benjamin's writing. His topics here include poetry, fiction, drama, history, religion, love, violence, morality and mythology.