Walter Benjamin: Theoretical Questions

This collection of nine essays focuses on those writings of Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) on literature and language that have a direct relevance to contemporary literary theory, notably his analyses of myth, violence, history, criticism, literature, and mass media.

David S. Ferris is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Queen’s College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of Theory and the Evasion of History.