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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... seemed merely the most perfect of signet rings . You only entered its secret by taking it off and contemplating the head against the light . As the dif- ferent strata of the garnet were unequally translucent , and the thinnest so ...
... seemed merely the most perfect of signet rings . You only entered its secret by taking it off and contemplating the head against the light . As the dif- ferent strata of the garnet were unequally translucent , and the thinnest so ...
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... seemed under the power of a ghost that awaited me as I mounted , though without barring my way , making its presence felt when I had only a few more stairs to climb . On these last stairs it held me spellbound . The rooms in this ...
... seemed under the power of a ghost that awaited me as I mounted , though without barring my way , making its presence felt when I had only a few more stairs to climb . On these last stairs it held me spellbound . The rooms in this ...
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... seemed the most integral , conclusive , absolute of movements . Everything with which it came into contact was integrated . Life only seemed worth living where the threshold between waking and sleeping was worn away in everyone as by ...
... seemed the most integral , conclusive , absolute of movements . Everything with which it came into contact was integrated . Life only seemed worth living where the threshold between waking and sleeping was worn away in everyone as by ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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