Walter Benjamin's Archive : images, texts, signs /

Walter Benjamin's Archive : images, texts, signs /

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform title:	Walter Benjamins Archive. English.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Verso, 2007.
Description:	310 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Benjamin, Walter, -- 1892-1940 -- Archives -- Exhibitions. Benjamin, Walter, -- 1892-1940. Authors, German -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. Authors, German. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6651486

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Other authors / contributors:	Leslie, Esther. Marx, Ursula. Walter Benjamin Archiv.
ISBN:	9781844671960 1844671968
Notes:	Original German edition published to coincide with exhibition held October 3 to November 19 2006 at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-310). Translated from the German.
Other form:	Online version: Walter Benjamins Archive. English. Walter Benjamin's Archive. London ; New York : Verso, 2007

Table of Contents:

Preface
1. Tree of Conscientiousness: Benjamin as Archivist
2. Scrappy Paperwork: Collecting and Dispersal
3. From Small to Smallest Details: Micrographies
4. Physiognomy of the Thingworld: Russian Toys
5. Opinions et Pensees: His Son's Words and Turns of Phrase
6. Daintiest Quarters: Notebooks
7. Travel Scenes: Picture Postcards
8. A Bow Being Bent: Composing, Building, Weaving
9. Constellations: Graphic Forms
10. Rag Picking: The Arcades Project
11. Past Turned Space: Arcades and Interiors
12. Hard Nuts to Crack: Riddles, Brainteasers, Word Games
13. Sibyls: Mosaics in Siena
Bibliography and Abbreviations
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