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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... speak , was the Lepke auction room itself , with which my father not only had con- nections but from which , from time to time , he also brought home a purchase . I doubt that this commerce was an alto- gether happy one , with the ...
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... speak . And the account it gives of itself is a part of the competence needed to perform it . Literary qualification ... speaking , represents the most important literary position , but , on the other , this position is controlled by the ...
... speak . And the account it gives of itself is a part of the competence needed to perform it . Literary qualification ... speaking , represents the most important literary position , but , on the other , this position is controlled by the ...
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... speak the words of Offenbach or Nestroy : they speak from him . And now and then a breathtaking , half - blank , half - glittering whore- monger's glance falls on the crowd before him , inviting them to the unholy marriage with the ...
... speak the words of Offenbach or Nestroy : they speak from him . And now and then a breathtaking , half - blank , half - glittering whore- monger's glance falls on the crowd before him , inviting them to the unholy marriage with the ...
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A Berlin Chronicle | 3 |
OneWay Street selection | 61 |
Moscow | 97 |
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