Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940

The arcades project / Walter Benjamin ; translated by Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin ; prepared on the basis of the German volume edited by Rolf Tiedemann. - xiv, 1073 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.



Translator's foreword -- Exposés. "Paris, the capital of the nineteenth century" (1935) ; "Paris, capital of the nineteenth century" (1939) -- Convolutes. Overview -- First sketches -- Early drafts. "Arcades"; "The Arcades of Paris" ; "The Ring of Saturn" -- Addenda. Exposé of 1935, early version ; Materials for the Exposé of 1935 ; Materials for "Arcades" -- "Dialectics at a standstill" / Rolf Tiedemann -- "The story of Old Benjamin" / Lisa Fittko ; Translator's notes -- Guide to names and terms -- Index.

067404326X (alk. paper)

PT2603.E455 / P33513 1999