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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- PublisherHarcourt
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0156762455
- ISBN 13 9780156762458
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages348
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