One Way Street And Other Writings - Softcover

Benjamin, Walter

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9780860918363: One Way Street And Other Writings

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ISBN 10: 086091836X ISBN 13: 9780860918363

Publisher: Verso, 1992

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"At the head of the book stands 'One-Way Street', a brilliant and wide-ranging group of aphorisms which formed one of the few books published by Benjamin in his lifetime. The volume also includes Benjamin's early mystical writings on language, character and revolutionary violence, and incisive portraits of Naples, Marseilles and Moscow in the twenties. It continues with three major aesthetic studies on the Depression era: on surrealism, photography and the Viennese satirist, Karl Kraus. Next is the 'Berlin Chronicle', a moving account of Benjamin's early years. Finally there is a remarkable profile of the SPD historian and journalist Eduard Fuchs which concentrates many of Benjamin's deepest preoccupations in their most accessible form." Introduction by Susan Sontag; translated by Edmund Jephcott and Kingsley Shorter; includes biographical notes and index. (Quote taken from back cover of book.)

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About the Author:

J.A. Underwood is a distinguished translator from German and French. He has translated, among others, Freud, Canetti, Kafka, Benjamin, Gombrowicz, Bachelard and Robbe-Grillet.

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Text: English, German (translation)

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