In the language of Walter Benjamin
By: Carol Jacobs.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Description: If Walter Benjamin (with an irony that belies his seemingly tragic life) is now recognized as one of the century's most important writers, reading him is no easy matter. Benjamin opens one of his most notable essays, "The Task of the Translator," with the words "No poem is intended for the reader, no image for the be-holder, no symphony for the listener." How does one read an author who tells us that writing does not communicate very much to the reader?

How does one learn to regard what comes to us from Benjamin as something other than direct expression? Carol Jacobs' In the Language of Walter Benjamin is an attempt to come to terms with this predicament.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-132) and index.