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Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings

By Walter Benjamin , Peter Demetz

Book information

Publisher
Schocken
Year
1986
ISBN
080520802X, 9780805208023
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18506032 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
348\393
Time added
2015-06-02 16:05:38
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Description

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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