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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... art nouveau that superseded them — what made you feel at home , at ease , comfortable , and comforted in them was the non- chalance with which they attached themselves to the sauntering passage of years and days , entrusting their ...
... art nouveau that superseded them — what made you feel at home , at ease , comfortable , and comforted in them was the non- chalance with which they attached themselves to the sauntering passage of years and days , entrusting their ...
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... . The real meaning of art nouveau is not expressed in this ideology . It represents art's last attempt to escape from its ivory tower , which is besieged by technology . Art nouveau mobilizes all the reserves of 154 Reflections.
... . The real meaning of art nouveau is not expressed in this ideology . It represents art's last attempt to escape from its ivory tower , which is besieged by technology . Art nouveau mobilizes all the reserves of 154 Reflections.
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... art nouveau . In orna- mentation it strives to win back these forms for art . Concrete offers it the prospect of new plastic possibilities in architecture . About this time the real center of gravity of living space is transferred to ...
... art nouveau . In orna- mentation it strives to win back these forms for art . Concrete offers it the prospect of new plastic possibilities in architecture . About this time the real center of gravity of living space is transferred to ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
Urheberrecht | |
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