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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... person dear to me moved there . It was as if a search- light set up at this person's window dissected the area with pencils of light . INTERIOR DECORATION The tract is an Arabic form . Its exterior is undifferentiated and unobtrusive ...
... person dear to me moved there . It was as if a search- light set up at this person's window dissected the area with pencils of light . INTERIOR DECORATION The tract is an Arabic form . Its exterior is undifferentiated and unobtrusive ...
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... person , finding knowl- edge of character as such somehow generally present within themselves , whereas the notion of analogously reading a person's fate from the lines in his hand seems unacceptable . This appears as impossible as " to ...
... person , finding knowl- edge of character as such somehow generally present within themselves , whereas the notion of analogously reading a person's fate from the lines in his hand seems unacceptable . This appears as impossible as " to ...
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... person whom , if we were confronted by his actions in life instead of by his person on the stage , we would call a scoundrel . On the comic stage , however , his actions take on only the interest shed with the light of character , and ...
... person whom , if we were confronted by his actions in life instead of by his person on the stage , we would call a scoundrel . On the comic stage , however , his actions take on only the interest shed with the light of character , and ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
Urheberrecht | |
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