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- Title
A Project in Its Context: Walter Benjamin on Comedy.
- Authors
Bontea, Adriana
- Abstract
This article examines the writings of Walter Benjamin on comedy. Benjamin's writings may seem a risky, given the fact that he never completed any extensive body of work on his topic. Some of the passages on comedy are just sketches gathered under the general heading of a certain title, which results to overlooking the significance of the writing. Benjamin takes the sign for a distinctive mark of character and sees in it a mode of constructing a reason particular to comedy.
- Subjects
COMEDY; AUTHORSHIP; BENJAMIN, Walter, 1892-1940; AUTHORS; ART &; literature
- Publication
MLN, 2006, Vol 121, Issue 5, p1041
- ISSN
0026-7910
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/mln.2007.0001