Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical WritingSchocken Books, 1986 - 348 Seiten A companion volume to Illuminations, the first collection of Walter Benjamin's writings, Reflections presents a further sampling of his wide-ranging work. Here Benjamin evolves a theory of language as the medium of all creation, discusses theater and surrealism, reminisces about Berlin in the 1920s, recalls conversations with Bertolt Brecht, and provides travelogues of various cities, including Moscow under Stalin. He moves seamlessly from literary criticism to autobiography to philosophical-theological speculations, cementing his reputation as one of the greatest and most versatile writers of the twentieth century. Also included is a new preface by Leon Wieseltier that explores Benjamin's continued relevance for our times. |
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... Brecht remarks that the authors over there are having a difficult time . " It is taken as deliberate if the name Stalin does not appear in a poem . " June 29. Brecht speaks of the epic theater ; he mentions the children's theater in ...
... Brecht remarks that the authors over there are having a difficult time . " It is taken as deliberate if the name Stalin does not appear in a poem . " June 29. Brecht speaks of the epic theater ; he mentions the children's theater in ...
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... Brecht and Heine were the only German lyric poets he favored . ( Brecht occasionally alluded to a certain man in the Central Committee who supported him . ) July 25. Yesterday morning Brecht came over to show me his Stalin poem ...
... Brecht and Heine were the only German lyric poets he favored . ( Brecht occasionally alluded to a certain man in the Central Committee who supported him . ) July 25. Yesterday morning Brecht came over to show me his Stalin poem ...
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... Brecht yesterday evening : " There is no longer any doubt the struggle against ideology has become a new ideology . " July 29. Brecht reads me a number of polemical disputes with Lukács , studies for an essay that he is to publish in ...
... Brecht yesterday evening : " There is no longer any doubt the struggle against ideology has become a new ideology . " July 29. Brecht reads me a number of polemical disputes with Lukács , studies for an essay that he is to publish in ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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