| The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem, 1932-1940 Contributor(s): Scholem, Gershom (Editor), Smith, Gary (Translator), Lefevere, Andre (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0674174151 ISBN-13: 9780674174153 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $37.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1992 Annotation: The legendary correspondence between the critic Walter Benjamin and the historian Gershom Scholem bears indispensable witness to the inner lives of two remarkable and enigmatic personalities. Benjamin, acknowledged today as one of the leading literary and social critics of his day, was known during his lifetime by only a small circle of his friends and intellectual confreres. Scholem recognized the genius of his friend and mentor during their student days in Berlin, and the two began to correspond after Scholem's emigration to Palestine. Their impassioned exchange draws the reader into the very heart of their complex relationship during the anguished years from 1932 until Benjamin's death in 1940. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History - Literary Criticism | Jewish |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 91032126 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.17" W x 9.25" (1.01 lbs) 320 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The legendary correspondence between the critic Walter Benjamin and the historian Gershom Scholem bears indispensable witness to the inner lives of two remarkable and enigmatic personalities. Benjamin, acknowledged today as on of the leading literary and social critics of his day, was known during his lifetime by only a small circle of friends and intellectual confreres. Scholem recognized the genius of his friend and mentor during their student days in Berlin, and the two began to correspond after Scholem's emigration to Palestine. Their impassioned exchange draws the reader into the very heart of their complex relationship during the anguished years from 1932 until Benjamin's death in 1940. |
Contributor Bio(s): Scholem, Gershom: - Gershom Scholem (1897-1982), a close friend of Walter Benjamin, was Professor of Jewish Mysticism at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Smith, Gary: - Gary Smith is an editor at work on the Einstein Papers project. |