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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... literary criticism . I should like to show you that the tendency of a literary work can only be politically correct if it is also lit- erarily correct . That is to say , the politically correct tendency includes a literary tendency ...
... literary criticism . I should like to show you that the tendency of a literary work can only be politically correct if it is also lit- erarily correct . That is to say , the politically correct tendency includes a literary tendency ...
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... literary quality , because it includes its lit- erary tendency , I can now formulate this more precisely by say- ing that this literary tendency can consist either in progress or in regression in literary technique . You will certainly ...
... literary quality , because it includes its lit- erary tendency , I can now formulate this more precisely by say- ing that this literary tendency can consist either in progress or in regression in literary technique . You will certainly ...
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... literary forms or genres , in view of the technical factors affecting our present situation , if we are to identify the forms of expression that channel the literary energies of the present . There were not always novels in the past ...
... literary forms or genres , in view of the technical factors affecting our present situation , if we are to identify the forms of expression that channel the literary energies of the present . There were not always novels in the past ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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