Benjamin’s Afterlives: Reading Walter Benjamin in the Works of David Markson, Susan Howe, and Teju Cole

Johansson, Jaimie (2017) Benjamin’s Afterlives: Reading Walter Benjamin in the Works of David Markson, Susan Howe, and Teju Cole. Doctoral thesis, University of East Anglia.

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Abstract

This thesis reads the work of the twentieth-century German-Jewish philosopher, Walter Benjamin alongside two contemporary American writers – David Markson and Teju Cole, and one poet, Susan Howe. Taking Benjamin’s notion of afterlife, or Nachleben, as my conceptual framework, I argue that David Markson, Susan Howe, and Teju Cole constitute contemporary ‘afterlives’ of Walter Benjamin.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature and Creative Writing (former - to 2011)
Depositing User:	Jennifer Whitaker
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2018 11:42
Last Modified:	09 Oct 2021 00:39
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/68989
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