Modernism Between Benjamin and Goethe

by Matthew Charles

Book Overview

Widely regarded as one of the foremost cultural critics of the last century, Walter Benjamin's relation to Modernism has largely been understood in the context of his reception of the aesthetic theories of Early German Romanticism and his associated interest in avant-garde Surrealism. But this Romantic understanding only gives half the picture.

Running through Benjamin's thought is also a critique of Romanticism, developed in conjunction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350267376
• ISBN13: 9781350267374
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"