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Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings - Softcover

Benjamin, Walter

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9780156762458: Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings
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ISBN 10: 0156762455 ISBN 13: 9780156762458
Publisher: Harcourt, 1979

Synopsis

Travel writings, essays on Brecht, philosophical texts, the autobiographical Berlin Chronicle, and other pieces attest to the noted German-Jewish writer's stature and insights as a critic

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From the Back Cover

"There has been no more original, no more serious critic and reader in our time."
--George Steiner

"Benjamin is a legitimate ancestor of much that for the moment is most alive in criticism."
--The Nation

"This book is just that: reflections of a highly polished mind that uncannily approximate the century's fragments of shattered traditions." - Time

From the Inside Flap

A companion volume to Illuminations (also available in Schocken paperback), Reflections presents a new sampling of Walter Benjamin's wide-ranging work. In addition to literary criticism, it contains autobiographical narration and travel pieces, aphorisms, and philosophical-theological speculations.

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Publisher
Harcourt
Publication date
1979
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0156762455
ISBN 13 
9780156762458
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
348
Rating
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