Jeffrey Mehlman
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Jeffrey Mehlman, a literary critic and historian of ideas, is University Professor and Professor of French Literature at Boston University. His most recent books include Walter Benjamin for Children: An Essay on His Radio Years; Emigré New York: French Intellectuals in Wartime Manhattan, 1940-1944; and a memoir, Adventures in the French Trade: Fragments toward a Life. (updated 10/2012)