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Main Author: Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940
Other Authors: Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Schocken Books, [2007]
Subjects:
Literature > History and criticism.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Walter Benjamin : 1892-1940 / by Hannah Arendt
  • Unpacking my library : a talk about book collecting
  • The task of the translator : an introduction to the translation of Baudelaire's Tableaux parisiens
  • The storyteller : reflections on the works of Nikolai Leskov
  • Franz Kafka : on the tenth anniversary of his death
  • Some reflections 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.