reflections: essays, aphorisms, autobiographical writings
first thus, 1978.
translated by edmund jephcott.
companion volume to the first collection of benjamin's writing, "illuminations."
"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."
new york: harcourt brace jovanovich. isbn: 0-15-176189-2. 348 pages. 6x8.75". hardcover. bound in partial-cloth covered boards. book condition: bumping to head and foot of spine, mild soiling to edges, splitting to gutter between 70-71, good++. jacket condition: bumping to head and foot of spine, closed-tear to front panel, very good+. Item #1101
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