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Walter Benjamin is one of the most important figures of modern
culture. The authors focus within this book on Benjamin as a
philosopher, or rather as a critic of modernism entangled in
tradition (mainly Jewish), but also as a writer. Philosophical and
philological readings are accompanied by essays presenting the
complex biography of Benjamin and numerous, often unexpected,
parallels which indicate traces of his reflections in works of
other artists. In consequence, "The Arcades Project", which can be
described as Benjamin's opus vitae, is not only a picturesque
history of Parisian arcades of the mid-19th century. It is also a
polyphonic text, composed of quotations, commentaries and
footnotes, a discussion of the sense of history and the literary
work of art that surprises with its meandering quality.
This book consists of nine chapters devoted to representations of
melancholia in 19th-century art and literature. A noteworthy
feature of the book is its use of concepts from later works by
Sigmund Freud, Jean Clair, Jean Starobinski, Julia Kristeva and
others. Those concepts elucidate further contexts of the notion of
melancholia, which are presented not in isolation but juxtaposed
with the philosophical background of the concept (starting from
Hippocrates and Aristotle). Thus, the book not only provides a
survey of images and modes of behaviour of 19th-century
individuals, but also discusses the meanings of melancholia as they
appeared in European culture over time.
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