Walter Benjamin is one of the most important figures of modern culture. The authors focus within this book on Benjamin as a philosopher, but also as a writer. Philosophical and philological readings are accompanied by essays presenting his biography.

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Pawe Stachura is an Associate Professor with the Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznä. He has published on 19th-century American literature, American science fiction, literary theory, and comparative literature. Piotr niedziewski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Romanticism of the Polish Studies Institute at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznä. He has published on 19th-century French and Polish literature, literary theory, and melancholy. Krzysztof Trybü is a Full Professor at the Polish Studies Institute at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznä. His research focuses on the history of Polish literature of Romanticism, mainly on works by Norwid and Mickiewicz, and on literary tradition and cultural memory.

Inhalt

Walter Benjamin - «The Arcades Project» - Modern culture - Philosopher and writer - Philosophical and philological readings