Walter Benjamin's Ark: A Departure in Biography (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781800089679)

Vendor: John Schad
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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Walter Benjamin's Ark: A Departure in Biography

$70.00

Walter Benjamin's Ark: A Departure in Biography

$70.00
Format: Hardcover
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The first-ever exploration of the curious life of Stefan Rafael Benjamin, Walter Benjamin's only son.

Walter Benjamin's Ark rereads the life and work of the German philosopher and critic through the life of his estranged son. With this innovative biography, John Schad not only brings to light the intriguing figure that is Stefan Rafael Benjamin, but also identifies him as that most crucial of Benjaminian specters, namely, the secret "you" or addressee of his father's writings. In the process, he brings Walter Benjamin into a series of unlikely dramatic dialogues with Virginia Woolf, Rosa Luxemburg, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gertrud Kolmar, Oscar Wilde, Franz Kafka, and Hamlet.

Author: John Schad
ISBN-10: 1800089678
ISBN-13: 9781800089679
Publisher: UCL Press
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2026
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover
By John Schad
By John Schad
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John Schad is professor of modern literature at the University of Lancaster and the author or coauthor of several works of experimental criticism, including Someone Called Derrida, The Late Walter Benjamin, Paris Bride, and (with Fred Dalmasso) Derrida Benjamin: Two Plays for the Stage.

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