How Long to Read Walter Benjamin

How Long Does it Take to Read Walter Benjamin?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 10 minutes to read Walter Benjamin by Alan Wall

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) was a German philosopher, essayist and critic whose work has grown in relevance and importance in the 75 years since his death by suicide on the French-Spanish border as Nazi invaders drew near. In his possession: a mysterious suitcase, now lost. The University of Chester's Alan Wall examines many of the recent contexts for discussions of Benjamin and offers detailed explanations for the overdue resurgence of interest in this important writer. Alan Wall studied at Oxford and teaches at the University of Chester. For the past several years, he has been writing about Benjamin for The Fortnightly Review. The aim of this collection of essays is to use some of the key concepts of Walter Benjamin in order to describe aspects of contemporary culture and politics. The chapters in this volume: - Part One: Uneven and Combined Development - Part Two: Texting: Ancient and Modern - Part Three: Bad Reading Habits -Part Four: Spadefuls of Meaning -Part Five: Walter Benjamin and Aby Warburg -- Photographs of Heaven, Photographs of Hell - Part Six: The 'Canonicity' of Kafka - Part Seven: Baudelaire, Allegory and the Aura - Part Eight: Benjamin's Angel and His 'Theses' - Part Nine: Benjamin and Surrealism - Part Ten: Benjamin and the City fortnightlyreview.co.uk/odd-volumes/

How long is Walter Benjamin?

Walter Benjamin by Alan Wall is 130 pages long, and a total of 32,500 words.

This makes it 44% the length of the average book. It also has 40% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Walter Benjamin Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 57 minutes to read Walter Benjamin aloud.

What Reading Level is Walter Benjamin?

Walter Benjamin is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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