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Walter Benjamin and the Corpus of Autobiography (Kritik: German Literary Theory and Cultural Studies)

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Walter Benjamin is considered one of the most significnt writers and theorists in 20th-century Western culture. The author of this work shows that Benjamin's engagement with the political cannot be understood in terms of unified concepts, but rather should be understood from his language.
Hardcover , 309 pages
Published May 1st 2000 by Wayne State University Press
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