Benjamin and Brecht: The Story of a Friendship - Couverture souple

Wizisla, Erdmut

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1784781126 ISBN 13 : 9781784781125

Editeur : Verso Books, 2016

Synopsis

Germany in the mid 1920s, a place and time of looming turmoil, brought together Walter Benjamin—acclaimed critic and extraordinary literary theorist—and Bertolt Brecht, one of the twentieth century’s most influential playwrights. It was a friendship that would shape their writing for the rest of their lives. In this groundbreaking work, Erdmut Wizisla explores what this relationship meant for them personally and professionally, as well as the effect it had on those around them. From the first meeting between Benjamin and Brecht to their experiences in exile, these eventful lives are illuminated by personal correspondence, journal entries and private miscellany—including previously unpublished materials—detailing the friends’ electric discussions of their collaboration. Wizisla delves into the archives of other luminaries in the distinguished constellation of writers and artists in Weimar Germany, which included Margarete Steffin, Theodor Adorno, Ernst Bloch and Hannah Arendt. Wizisla’s account of this friendship opens a window on nearly two decades of European intellectual life.

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À propos de l'auteur

Erdmut Wizisla is the director of the Walter Benjamin Archives at the Akademie der Künste Berlin. He is currently an Honorary Professor at the Faculty of German Literature at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1784781126
• ISBN 13: 9781784781125
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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