German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)

Melancholy dialectics : Walter Benjamin and the play of mourning / Max Pensky.

After Oedipus : Shakespeare in psychoanalysis / Julia Reinhard Lupton and Kenneth Reinhard.

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Walter Benjamin

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Melancholy dialectics : Walter Benjamin and the play of mourning / Max Pensky.

After Oedipus : Shakespeare in psychoanalysis / Julia Reinhard Lupton and Kenneth Reinhard.