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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... 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 , and there will not always have to be ; not always tragedies , not always ...
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... present . At the center of his experiment is man . Present - day man ; a reduced man , therefore , chilled in a chilly environment . Since , however , this is the only one we have , it is in our interest to know him . He is subjected to ...
... present . At the center of his experiment is man . Present - day man ; a reduced man , therefore , chilled in a chilly environment . Since , however , this is the only one we have , it is in our interest to know him . He is subjected to ...
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... 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 predict the future " ; for under this category the foretelling of ...
... 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 predict the future " ; for under this category the foretelling of ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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