This author of The Arcades Project wrote an essay describing how mass culture shattered the "aura" ritualistically associated with unique pieces of art.
In one work, this thinker analyzes the development of the Trauerspiel genre of drama. This author of The Origin of German Tragic Drama and Theses on the Philosophy of History spent years unsuccessfully trying to complete his analysis of certain structures in Paris that were key to the culture of the flaneur or "stroller." This author of The Arcades Project wrote an essay describing how mass culture shattered the "aura" ritualistically associated with unique pieces of art. For 10 points, name this French philosopher from the Frankfurt School, the author of The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.
In one work, this thinker analyzes the development of the Trauerspiel genre of drama.
Walter {Benjamin}