Main entry:

Hessel, Franz, 1880-1941, author.

Title & Author:

Walking in Berlin : a flaneur in the capital / Franz Hessel ; with an essay by Walter Benjamin ; translated by Amanda DeMarco.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
©2017

Description:

xix, 284 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:
"First Published in the United Kingdom by Scribe Publications, 2016."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-284).
Foreword -- The Flaneur's Return / by Walter Benjamin -- The Suspect -- I Learn a Thing or Two -- A Bit of Work -- Fashion -- Lust for Life -- A Tour -- The Animal Palaces -- Berlin's Boulevard -- The Old West -- Tiergarten -- The Landwehr Canal -- Kreuzberg -- Tempelhof -- Hasenheide -- Through Neukölln Toward Britz -- Steamship Music -- To the East -- The North -- The Northwest -- Friedrichstadt -- Dönhoffplatz -- The Newspaper District -- The Southwest -- Afterword.

Summary:

"Franz Hessel was an observer par excellence of the increasingly hectic metropolis that was Berlin in the late 1920s. In Walking in Berlin, originally published in Germany in 1929, he captures the rhythm of Weimar-era Berlin, recording evidence of the seismic shifts shaking German culture at the time. Nearly all of the pieces take the form of a walk or outing, focusing either on a theme or part of the city, and many end at a theatre, cinema, or club. Hessel effortlessly weaves historical information into his observations, displaying his extensive knowledge of the city. Today, many years after the Nazi era and the postwar reconstruction that followed, the areas he visited are all still prominent and interesting. From the Alexanderplatz to Kreuzberg, his record of them has become priceless. Superbly written, and as fresh today as when it first appeared, this is a book to be savoured"-- Provided by publisher

ISBN:

9780262036351 (hardcover) ; (alkaline paper)
0262036355 (hardcover) ; (alkaline paper)
9780262539661 (paperback)
0262539667 (paperback)

Subject:

Hessel, Franz, 1880-1941 Travel Germany Berlin.
Hessel, Franz, 1880-1941.
Walking Germany Berlin History 20th century.
Historic buildings Germany Berlin.
Historic sites Germany Berlin.
Neighborhoods Germany Berlin History 20th century.
City and town life Germany Berlin History 20th century.
Social change Germany Berlin History 20th century.
Lieux historiques Allemagne Berlin.
Vie urbaine Allemagne Berlin Histoire 20e siècle.
City and town life.
Historic buildings.
Historic sites.
Manners and customs.
Neighborhoods.
Social change.
Travel.
Walking.
Berlin (Germany) Description and travel.
Berlin (Germany) Social life and customs 20th century.
Germany Berlin.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940, writer of introduction.
DeMarco, Amanda, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 295041
Call No.: BIB 240944
Status: Available