The Correspondence of Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem, 1932-1940 (Paperback, 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed)

The legendary correspondence between the critic Walter Benjamin and the historian Gershom Scholem bears indispensable witness to the inner lives of two remarkable and enigmatic personalities. Benjamin, acknowledged today as one of the leading literary and social critics of his day, was known during his lifetime by only a small circle of his friends and intellectual confreres. Scholem recognized the genius of his friend and mentor during their student days in Berlin, and the two began to correspond after Scholem's emigration to Palestine. Their impassioned exchange draws the reader into the very heart of their complex relationship during the anguished years from 1932 until Benjamin's death in 1940.

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1992
First published:	March 1992
Editors:	Gershom Scholem
Translators:	Gary Smith • Andre Lefevere
Introduction by:	Anson Rabinbach
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
Edition:	1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-17415-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-674-17415-1
Barcode:	9780674174153

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