Origin of the German Trauerspiel 9780674916357
Focusing on the 17th-century play of mourning, Walter Benjamin identifies allegory as the constitutive trope of modernit
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Table of contents :
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Translator’s Introduction
I. Epistemo-Critical Foreword
II. Trauerspiel and Tragedy
III. Allegory and Trauerspiel
Appendix A: “Trauerspiel and Tragedy” (1916)
Appendix B: “The Role of Language in Trauerspiel and Tragedy” (1916)
Guide to Names
Acknowledgments
Index
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Translator’s Introduction
I. Epistemo-Critical Foreword
II. Trauerspiel and Tragedy
III. Allegory and Trauerspiel
Appendix A: “Trauerspiel and Tragedy” (1916)
Appendix B: “The Role of Language in Trauerspiel and Tragedy” (1916)
Guide to Names
Acknowledgments
Index
- Author / Uploaded
- Walter Benjamin
- Howard Eiland
