{"product_id":"in-the-language-of-walter-carol-jacobs-9780801866692","title":"In the Language of Walter Benjamin","description":"If Walter Benjamin (with an irony that belies his seemingly tragic life) is now recognized as one of the century's most important writers, reading him is no easy matter. Benjamin opens one of his most notable essays, \"The Task of the Translator\", with the words \"No poem is intended for the reader, no image for the beholder, no symphony for the listener\". How does one read an author who tells us that writing does not communicate very much to the reader? How does one learn to regard what comes to us from Benjamin as something other than direct expression?\u003cp\u003eCarol Jacobs' In the Language of Walter Benjamin is an attempt to come to terms with this predicament. It does so by teasing out such guidelines for criticism as Benjamin seems to offer in The Origin of German Tragic Drama. Jacobs reminds us of Benjamin's distinction between truth and knowledge. She above all insists on his method of philosophical contemplation as performance, on a performance that demands precise immersion in the minute details of subject matter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Jacobs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801866693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801866692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.06w x 0.39d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carol Jacobs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120235278591,"sku":"9780801866692","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e19cfc10-3fbf-43db-bbd2-577142fa6fe3.jpg?v=1687413226","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-language-of-walter-carol-jacobs-9780801866692","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}