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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Benjamin, Barthes, and the singularity of photography Benjamin, Barthes, and the singularity of photography Kathrin Yacavone "A comparative study of Benjamin's and Barthes's writings on photography in the context of photographic history and twentieth-century critical and theoretical discourses"-- OL16239621W
Virginia Woolf, modernity and history Virginia Woolf, modernity and history Angeliki Spiropoulou "This new study analyses the representation of the past and the practice of historiography in the fiction and critical writings of Virginia Woolf, and draws parallels between Woolf's historiographica… OL16984013W
The Cambridge introduction to Walter Benjamin The Cambridge introduction to Walter Benjamin David S. Ferris For students of modern criticism and theory, Walter Benjamin's writings have become essential reading. His analyses of photography, film, language, history, allegory, material culture, the poet Charl… OL548909W
Walter Benjamin, or, Towards a revolutionary criticism Walter Benjamin, or, Towards a revolutionary criticism Terry Eagleton This momentous study of Benjamin's critical practice marks a sea change in Eagleton's thought. As the subtitle suggests, its goal is not merely to contemplate Benjamin's approach to language, history… OL90111W
Walter Benjamin Walter Benjamin Margarete Kohlenback "Can we pursue religious intentions without holding religious beliefs? Margaret Kohlenbach argues that the attempt to do so is central to Walter Benjamin's work. She analyses the structure of self-re… OL9431710W