Illuminations / Walter Benjamin ; edited and with an introduction by Hannah Arendt ; translated by Harry Zohn.

Main entry:

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.

Title & Author:

Illuminations / Walter Benjamin ; edited and with an introduction by Hannah Arendt ; translated by Harry Zohn.

Publication:

New York : Schocken Books, 1985, ©1968.
New York : Schocken Books, 1985.

Description:

278 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Illuminationen.
This reprint omits pages 141-144 of the originial Harcourt, Brace & World edition.
"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book"--Verso t.p.
Introduction: Walter Benjamin: 1892-1940, by Hanna Arendt -- Unpacking my library -- The task of the translator -- The storyteller -- Franz Kafka -- 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 -- Editor's note -- Index of names.

ISBN:

9780805202410 (pbk.)
0805202412 (pbk.)

Subject:

Literature History and criticism.
Littérature allemande Histoire et critique.
Littérature Histoire et critique.
Literature.
Teoria Literaria.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.
Zorn, Harry, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 30389
Call No.: ID:88-B2394
Status: Available

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