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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... look for my own school party , or sought a resting place in the shade , whether I had to reach a stall without crossing the field in order to buy fruit for breakfast , or congregate , while avoiding any appearance of indifference ...
... look for my own school party , or sought a resting place in the shade , whether I had to reach a stall without crossing the field in order to buy fruit for breakfast , or congregate , while avoiding any appearance of indifference ...
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... look like city buildings from the front , the appearance of Russian farmhouses . Frequently churches stand in these yards , just as on a large village green . So the street is augmented by the dimension of landscape . Nor is there any ...
... look like city buildings from the front , the appearance of Russian farmhouses . Frequently churches stand in these yards , just as on a large village green . So the street is augmented by the dimension of landscape . Nor is there any ...
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... look like relief profiles of her forebears . Little chains of streamers and sails are her earrings , and from the shady lips of the crypt issues jewelry of ruby - red and golden spheres on which swarms of pilgrims hang like flies ...
... look like relief profiles of her forebears . Little chains of streamers and sails are her earrings , and from the shady lips of the crypt issues jewelry of ruby - red and golden spheres on which swarms of pilgrims hang like flies ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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