Untimely Beggar : Poverty and Power from Baudelaire to Benjamin /

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Covering the period from the publication of Les Fleurs du Mal in 1857 to the composition of Benjamin's final texts in the 1930s, Untimely Beggar investigates the coincidence of two modern literary and philosophical interests: representing the poor and representing potential. In doing so, Patric...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greaney, Patrick
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Power (Social sciences) in literature.
Poverty in literature.
European literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
Litterature europeenne > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature europeenne > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) dans la litterature.
Pauvrete dans la litterature.
European literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
European literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Covering the period from the publication of Les Fleurs du Mal in 1857 to the composition of Benjamin's final texts in the 1930s, Untimely Beggar investigates the coincidence of two modern literary and philosophical interests: representing the poor and representing potential. In doing so, Patrick Greaney offers significant insights into modernity's intense philosophical and literary interest in socioeconomic poverty.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9780816653911

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