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Walter Benjamin's Archive : images, texts, signs / translated by Esther Leslie ; edited by Ursula Marx ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: London ; New York : Verso, 2007.Description: 310 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781844671960
  • 1844671968
Uniform titles:
  • Walter Benjamins Archive. English.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 838.912.07 B468a
LOC classification:
  • PT2603.E455 Z932513 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Tree of conscientiousness: Benjamin as archivist -- 2. Scrappy paperwork: collecting and dispersal -- 3. From small to smallest details: micrographies -- 4. Physiognomy of the thingworld: Russian toys -- 5. Opinions et pensées: his son's words and turns of phrase -- 6. Daintiest quarters: notebooks -- 7. Travel scenes: picture postcards -- 8. A bow being bent: composing, building, weaving -- 9. Constellations: graphic forms -- 10. Rag picking: the Arcades Project -- 11. Past turned space: arcades and interiors -- 12. Hard nuts to crack: riddles, brainteasers, word games -- 13. Sibyls: mosaics in Siena.
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Original German edition published to coincide with exhibition held October 3 to November 19 2006 at the Academy of Arts, Berlin.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-310).

1. Tree of conscientiousness: Benjamin as archivist -- 2. Scrappy paperwork: collecting and dispersal -- 3. From small to smallest details: micrographies -- 4. Physiognomy of the thingworld: Russian toys -- 5. Opinions et pensées: his son's words and turns of phrase -- 6. Daintiest quarters: notebooks -- 7. Travel scenes: picture postcards -- 8. A bow being bent: composing, building, weaving -- 9. Constellations: graphic forms -- 10. Rag picking: the Arcades Project -- 11. Past turned space: arcades and interiors -- 12. Hard nuts to crack: riddles, brainteasers, word games -- 13. Sibyls: mosaics in Siena.

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