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The saving line : Benjamin, Adorno, and the caesuras of hope /

This book reconstructs a wide-ranging dialogue between Walter Benjamin's major essay on Goethe's Elective Affinities and Theodor Adorno's meditation on the Odyssey in Dialectic of Enlightenment. Dornbach leverages the concept of caesura to identify utopian moments in a variety of work...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dornbach, Marton, 1973- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Benjamin, Walter, > 1892-1940.
Adorno, Theodor W., > 1903-1969.
Hope.
Philosophy, German > 20th century.
Literature > Philosophy.
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Summary:This book reconstructs a wide-ranging dialogue between Walter Benjamin's major essay on Goethe's Elective Affinities and Theodor Adorno's meditation on the Odyssey in Dialectic of Enlightenment. Dornbach leverages the concept of caesura to identify utopian moments in a variety of works.
Physical Description:viii, 240 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780810142992
0810142996
9780810143005
0810143003