Rescue narratives: Goethe’s Die Wahlverwandtschaften and Benjamin’s ‘Das Taschentuch’
Walter Benjamin’s little-explored 1932 novella ‘Das Taschentuch’ combines theory and narrative practice. Its reflections on storytelling anticipate the argument of the ‘Erzähler’ essay, while its rescue narrative echoes Benjamin’s essay on ‘Goethes Wahlverwandtschaften’. In ‘Das Taschentuch’ Benjami...
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Routledge
2020
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