Illuminations
Walter Benjamin was one of the most original cultural critics of the twentieth century. [This book] includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt a close personal affinity; his studies on Baudelaire and Proust; and his essays on Leskov and on Brecht's Epic Theater. Also included are his penetrating study "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction." a ... discussion of translation as a literary mode, and Benjamin's theses on the philosophy of history. [The editor] selected the essays for this volume and introduces them with a classic essay about Benjamin's life in dark times. Also included is a new preface by Leon Wieseltier that explores Benjamin's continued relevance for our times.-Back cover
Audiobook em CD, English, 2008
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Princeton, N.J., 2008