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Storyteller Essays, Paperback by Benjamin, Walter; Titan, Samuel (INT); Lewis...
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- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781681370583
- Book Title
- Storyteller Essays
- Publisher
- New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 7.9 in
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Fiction, Literary Collections
- Topic
- European / German, Short Stories (Single Author), Semiotics & Theory, Essays
- Item Weight
- 5.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Number of Pages
- 128 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1681370581
ISBN-13
9781681370583
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24038472849
Product Key Features
Book Title
Storyteller Essays
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
European / German, Short Stories (Single Author), Semiotics & Theory, Essays
Genre
Literary Criticism, Fiction, Literary Collections
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
5.4 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-036771
Reviews
"[T]he newly published collection The Storyteller Essays , translated by Tess Lewis and edited by Samuel Titan, marks a unique achievement. ... It provides a brief intellectual history of an essay and revivifies it" --Clint Williamson, Full Stop
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
838.91209
Table Of Content
Introduction THE STORYTELLER ESSAYS Introduction Johann Peter Hebel The Crisis of the Novel: On Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz Mulberry Omelet The Lisbon Earthquake Oskar Maria Graf as Storyteller On Proverbs The Handkerchief Storytelling and Healing Reading Novels The Art of Storytelling By the Fire Experience and Poverty The Storyteller ESSAYS BY OTHERS Silence and Mirror by Ernst Bloch The Giant's Toy as Legend by Ernst Bloch The Embroidery of Marie Monnier by Paul Valéry From Theory of the Novel by Georg Lukács On Sadness by Michel de Montaigne From Histories by Herodotus From The Treasure Chest of the Rhenish Family-Friend by Johann Peter Hebel
Synopsis
A new translation of philosopher Walter Benjamin's work as it pertains to his famous essay, "The Storyteller," this collection includes short stories, book reviews, parables, and as a selection of writings by other authors who had an influence on Benjamin's work. "The Storyteller" is one of Walter Benjamin's most important essays, a beautiful and suggestive meditation on the relation between narrative form, social life, and individual existence--and the product of at least a decade's work. What might be called the story of The Storyteller Essays starts in 1926, with a piece Benjamin wrote about the German romantic Johann Peter Hebel. It continues in a series of short essays, book reviews, short stories, parables, and even radio shows for children. This collection brings them all together to give readers a new appreciation of how Benjamin's thinking changed and ripened over time, while including several key readings of his own--texts by his contemporaries Ernst Bloch and Georg Lukács; by Paul Valéry; and by Herodotus and Montaigne. Finally, to bring things around, there are three short stories by "the incomparable Hebel" with whom the whole intellectual adventure began., Walter Benjamin's "The Storyteller" is among the greatest and most widely read essays of this ever-suggestive but also enigmatic master thinker. Published in 1936 in an obscure Swiss review, "The Storyteller" was the product of at least a decade of ongoing reflection and composition. What might be called the story of The Storyteller Essays starts in 1926, when Benjamin wrote an essay about one of his favorite authors, the German romantic Johann Peter Hebel, and then continues in a beautiful series of short essays, book reviews (of Arnold Bennett's novel The Old Wives' Tale, among others), short stories, parables ("The Handkerchief," written in Ibiza in 1932-1933), and even radio shows for children (The Earthquake in Lisbon). In this new collection these writings are brought together in one place, giving us a new appreciation of how Benjamin's thinking changed and ripened over time. These superb and wonderfully readable pieces are further accompanied by some key readings of his own--texts by his contemporaries Ernst Bloch, Georg Lukacs, and Jean Paulhan; by Paul Valery; and by Herodotus and Montaigne--and finally, to bring things around, there are two short stories by "the incomparable Hebel" with whom Benjamin's intellectual adventure began. Tess Lewis's magnificent new translation further refreshes our understanding of the work, while editor Samuel Titan's introduction fills in the biographical and intellectual context in which Benjamin's "The Storyteller" came to life., A new translation of philosopher Walter Benjamin's work as it pertains to his famous essay, "The Storyteller," this collection includes short stories, book reviews, parables, and as a selection of writings by other authors who had an influence on Benjamin's work. "The Storyteller" is one of Walter Benjamin's most important essays, a beautiful and suggestive meditation on the relation between narrative form, social life, and individual existence--and the product of at least a decade's work. What might be called the story of The Storyteller Essays starts in 1926, with a piece Benjamin wrote about the German romantic Johann Peter Hebel. It continues in a series of short essays, book reviews, short stories, parables, and even radio shows for children. This collection brings them all together to give readers a new appreciation of how Benjamin's thinking changed and ripened over time, while including several key readings of his own--texts by his contemporaries Ernst Bloch and Georg Luk cs; by Paul Val ry; and by Herodotus and Montaigne. Finally, to bring things around, there are three short stories by "the incomparable Hebel" with whom the whole intellectual adventure began.
LC Classification Number
PT2603.E455A2 2019
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