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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... criticism . For its day is long past . Criticism is a matter of correct distancing . It was at home in a world where perspectives and prospects counted and where it was still possible to take a standpoint . Now things press too closely ...
... criticism . For its day is long past . Criticism is a matter of correct distancing . It was at home in a world where perspectives and prospects counted and where it was still possible to take a standpoint . Now things press too closely ...
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... critic , and essayist , 226 , 298 n . Hitler , Adolf , 1889-1945 , viii , xiii , xli , 210 , 216 , 218 Hoffmann , E. T. A. , 1776–1822 , Ger- man music critic , composer , and writer of fantastic tales , 202 Hofmannsthal , Hugo von ...
... critic , and essayist , 226 , 298 n . Hitler , Adolf , 1889-1945 , viii , xiii , xli , 210 , 216 , 218 Hoffmann , E. T. A. , 1776–1822 , Ger- man music critic , composer , and writer of fantastic tales , 202 Hofmannsthal , Hugo von ...
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... critic and reader in our time . " -George Steiner " Benjamin is a legitimate ancestor of much that for the moment is most alive in criticism . " -The Nation " The book is just that : reflections of a highly polished mind that uncannily ...
... critic and reader in our time . " -George Steiner " Benjamin is a legitimate ancestor of much that for the moment is most alive in criticism . " -The Nation " The book is just that : reflections of a highly polished mind that uncannily ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
Urheberrecht | |
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