Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940

Illuminations / edited and with an introduction by Hannah Arendt ; translated by Harry Zohn - London : Jonathan Cape, 1970 - 280 p. ; 22 cm.

'A Helen and Kurt Wolff book.' Selected and translated from the author's Schriften.

Includes bibliographical references.

Unpacking my library.--The task of the translator.--The storyteller.--Franz Kafka.--Max Brod's book on Kafka.--What is epic theater?--On some motifs in Baudelaire.--The image of Proust.--The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction.--Theses on the philosophy of history.


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Literature--History and criticism.