Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969, author.

The complete correspondence, 1928-1940 / Theodor W. Adorno and Walter Benjamin ; edited by Henri Lonitz ; translated by Nicholas Walker.

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
©1999

viii, 383 pages ; 25 cm

"The correspondence between Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno, which appears here for the first time in its entirety in English translation, must rank among the most significant to have come down to us from that notable age of barbarism, the twentieth century. Benjamin and Adorno formed a uniquely powerful pair, Benjamin, riddle-like in his personality and given to tactical evasion, and Adorno full of his own importance, alternately support and compete with each other throughout the correspondence, until its imminent tragic end becomes apparent to both writers. Each had met his match, and happily, in the other. This book is the story of an elective affinity. Adorno was the only person who managed to sustain an intimate intellectual relationship with Benjamin for nearly twenty years. No one else, not even Gershom Scholem, coaxed so much out of Benjamin." "The more than one hundred letters in this book will allow readers to trace the developing character of Benjamin's and Adorno's attitudes toward each other and toward their many friends."--Jacket.

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Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 Correspondence.
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 Correspondence.
Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 Correspondance.
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 Correspondance.
Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940
Adorno, Theodor W. 1903-1969
Benjamin, Walter 1892-1940
Adorno, Theodor W.
Benjamin, Walter.
Philosophers, Modern Germany Correspondence.
Authors, German 20th century Correspondence.
Philosophers Germany Correspondence.
Philosophes Allemagne Correspondance.
Écrivains allemands 20e siècle Correspondance.
Philosophes modernes Allemagne Correspondance.
Philosophers
Authors, German
Philosophers, Modern
Filosofen.
Philosophers Germany 20th century Correspondence.
Germany
German philosophers.
German literary critics.
German art critics.
German architectural critics.

Briefsammlung 1928-1940.
Correspondence.
personal correspondence.
Personal correspondence
Correspondance privée.

Lonitz, Henri, editor.
Walker, Nicholas, 1954- translator.
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940. Correspondence. Selections. English.

Location: Library main 206501
Call No.: N2599.8.B468 A3 1999
Status: Available