Illuminations - Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 (London : Jonathan Cape, 1970)
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.
'A Helen and Kurt Wolff book.'
Selected and translated from the author's Schriften.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Keywords: Literature -- History and criticism