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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... seen against walls , railway level - crossings , and above all the thresholds that mysteriously divide the districts of a town . The Lichtenstein gate was really such a threshold , be- tween the two West End parks . It was as if in both ...
... seen against walls , railway level - crossings , and above all the thresholds that mysteriously divide the districts of a town . The Lichtenstein gate was really such a threshold , be- tween the two West End parks . It was as if in both ...
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... seen before , each with shining windows and a fence around the front garden : wooden toys from the Vladimir government . That is to say , a new con- signment of goods has arrived . Serious , sober utensils become audacious in street ...
... seen before , each with shining windows and a fence around the front garden : wooden toys from the Vladimir government . That is to say , a new con- signment of goods has arrived . Serious , sober utensils become audacious in street ...
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... seen it . It is understandable that the miracle - working Madonna enthroned there is receiv- ing a brand - new , expensive church for pilgrims . In this building and not in that of the Vettii , Pompeii lives for the Neapolitans . And to ...
... seen it . It is understandable that the miracle - working Madonna enthroned there is receiv- ing a brand - new , expensive church for pilgrims . In this building and not in that of the Vettii , Pompeii lives for the Neapolitans . And to ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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