Can I read Reflections : Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings on EtoBox?

Reflections : Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings by Walter Benjamin; Peter Demetz is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Reflections : Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings about?

“This book is just that: reflections of a highly polished mind that uncannily approximate the century’s fragments of shattered traditions.” — Time A companion volume to Illuminations , the first collection of Walter Benjamin’s writings, Reflections presents a further sampling of his wide-ranging work. Here Benjamin evolves a theory of language as the medium of all creation, discusses theater and surrealism, reminisces about Berlin in the 1920s, recalls conversations with Bertolt Brecht, and provides travelogues of various cities, including Moscow under Stalin. Benjamin moves seamlessly from literary criticism to autobiography to philosophical-theological speculations, cementing his reputation as one of the greatest and most versatile writers of the twentieth century. From Publishers Weekly An extraordinary collection of writings of a major modern thinker and cultural critic, this is a companion volume to Illuminations, edited by Hannah Arendt. Here Benjamin evolves a theory of language as the medium of all creation, discusses theater and surrealism, recounts Berlin in the '20s, recalls conversations with Brecht, provides travelogues of various cities, including Moscow under S

Who reads Reflections : Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings?

Author

Walter Benjamin; Peter Demetz

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers; Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780547711164

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Collections, Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.32 / 5 (35 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14