Benjamin's early reflections on theater and language Ferber, Ilit. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography biography Electronic books. cau Stanford, California Stanford University Press 2013 monographic eng

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x, 241 p. Benjamin and Freud : at the juncture of melancholy loss -- Commitment and loyalty to the lost object -- The intentionless nature of truth -- Work and play : a view of melancholic productivity -- The Trauerspiel : reflections on the baroque -- Expressions of pain in the Trauerspiel -- The bombastic nature of expression in the Trauerspiel -- Pain and spectacle : the figure of the martyr -- Death and meaning : the figure of the ghost -- Language and loss : Benjamin's concept of expression -- Creation and loss : "on language as such" -- Lament : language and sadness -- The ghosts of language : "the task of the translator" -- The "epistemo-critical prologue" -- The "monad" : Leibniz and Benjamin -- The monads' configuration as a hierarchy -- A pre-established harmony : Benjamin's conception of truth as harmony -- Stimmung : philosophy and mood. Ilit Ferber. Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-231) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Benjamin, Walter 1892-1940 Melancholy (Philosophy) Philosophy, German 20th century B3209.B584 F465 2013eb 193 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10747506 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10747506 CaPaEBR 121011 ebr10747506