Selected Writings, 1913-1926 (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Walter Benjamin
- First Published: 1996
- Type of Work: Essays, papers, and fragments
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: Language or languages, Philosophy or philosophers, Authors or writers, Literature, Schools or school life, Metaphysics, Drama or dramatists, Germany or German people
English-speaking readers have been dealt the works of Walter Benjamin throughout the last twenty years in arresting editions prefaced and edited by Hannah Arendt (Illuminations, 1968) and Peter Demetz (Reflections, 1978). Many critical anthologies have also introduced American and English university students to his work. The edition at hand, however, represents the first serious attempt to present his works with systematic chronology, judicious but inclusive selection, and sensitively accurate translation. The effect is nothing less than electric.
This first volume...
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