Siegfried Kracauer - Correspondence

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2 Front Matter Correspondence 1923–1966 Theodor W. Adorno and Siegfried Kracauer Edited by Wolfgang Schopf Translated by Susan Reynolds and Michael Winkler polity

3 Correspondence 1923–1966 Note

4 Illustrations

5 Editorial Note

6 Index

7 End User License Agreement

1 Illustrations1 Opernplatz, Frankfurt am Main2 Kracauer and Adorno: trip to the Dolomites, 19243 Adorno, before 19234 Kracauer, around 19185 Adorno to Kracauer, 4 May 19266 Adorno, Vier Gedichte von Stefan George für Singstimme und Klaver, op. 1. Es lac…7 Kracauer to Adorno, 16 April 19258 Kracauer’s ‘legitimation’ (press pass), Frankfurter Zeitung, 14 February 19339 Kracauer’s reader’s pass, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris10 Adorno to Kracauer, 6 February 1929, postcard: Berne, Kindlifresserbrunnen11 Walter Benjamin, Berliner Kindheit um neunzehnhundert [Berlin Childhood around 1…12 Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia, 195113 Ernst Bloch, Das Prinzip Hoffnung [The Principle of Hope], 195914 Siegfried Kracauer, Das Ornament der Masse [The Mass Ornament], 196315 Kracauer, Talk with Teddie, handwritten draft, sheet 1, 12 August 196016 Adorno to Kracauer, 7 October 1966, picture postcard: Naples, panorama17 Kracauer’s illustration to ‘Talk with Teddie’

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2 Table of Contents CONTENTS 1 Cover 2 Front Matter Correspondence 1923–1966 Theodor W. Adorno and Siegfried Kracauer Edited by Wolfgang Schopf Translated by Susan Reynolds and Michael Winkler polity 3 Correspondence 1923–1966 Note 4 Illustrations 5 Editorial Note 6 Index 7 End User License Agreement

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1 iii Correspondence 1923–1966 Theodor W. Adorno and Siegfried Kracauer Edited by Wolfgang Schopf Translated by Susan Reynolds and Michael Winkler polity

2 iv Originally published in German as Briefwechsel 1923–1966. “Der Riß der Welt geht auch durch mich …” © Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2008 This English edition © 2020 by Polity Press The translation of this work was supported by a grant from the Goethe-Institut which is funded by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Excerpt of one hundred and thirty-five (135) words from The Penguin Book of Lieder , edited and translated by S. S. Prawer. Copyright © S. S. Prawer, 1964. Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-9475-7 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

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