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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... picture trade , these booths with pictures of saints stand next to those with paper goods , so that they are always flanked by portraits of Lenin , like a prisoner between two policemen . The street life does not cease entirely even at ...
... picture trade , these booths with pictures of saints stand next to those with paper goods , so that they are always flanked by portraits of Lenin , like a prisoner between two policemen . The street life does not cease entirely even at ...
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... picture of boots or freshly - ironed washing , a worn step or a solid staircase — a silently determined ... pictures , drawings , and pasteboard models . They are temple walls to which the children daily donate their own work as gifts to ...
... picture of boots or freshly - ironed washing , a worn step or a solid staircase — a silently determined ... pictures , drawings , and pasteboard models . They are temple walls to which the children daily donate their own work as gifts to ...
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... pictures of saints . All parts of the wall that are not thus covered with pictures are lined with shining gold - colored tin plate . From the trashily painted ceiling hangs a crystal chandelier . Nevertheless the room is always lit only ...
... pictures of saints . All parts of the wall that are not thus covered with pictures are lined with shining gold - colored tin plate . From the trashily painted ceiling hangs a crystal chandelier . Nevertheless the room is always lit only ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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