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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... never need fear / neurasthenía . " If I write better German than most writers of my genera- tion , it is thanks largely to twenty years ' observance of one little rule : never use the word “ I ” except in letters . The ex- ceptions to ...
... never need fear / neurasthenía . " If I write better German than most writers of my genera- tion , it is thanks largely to twenty years ' observance of one little rule : never use the word “ I ” except in letters . The ex- ceptions to ...
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... never puts forward an opinion . For opinion is false objectivity that can be separated from the person and incorporated in the circulation of commodities . Kraus never offered an argu- ment that had not engaged his whole person . Thus ...
... never puts forward an opinion . For opinion is false objectivity that can be separated from the person and incorporated in the circulation of commodities . Kraus never offered an argu- ment that had not engaged his whole person . Thus ...
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... never forgives a partner for denying him his cue . The Offenbach readings , the recital of couplets from Nes- troy , are bereft of all musical means . The word never gives way to the instrument ; but by extending its boundaries further ...
... never forgives a partner for denying him his cue . The Offenbach readings , the recital of couplets from Nes- troy , are bereft of all musical means . The word never gives way to the instrument ; but by extending its boundaries further ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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