Illuminations
Walter Benjamin,Hannah Arendt (Editor, Writer of introduction),Harry Zohn (Translator)
This book contains studies on contemporary art and culture by one of the most original, critical and analytical minds of this century. Illuminations includes Benjamin's views on Kafka, with whom he felt the closest personal affinity, his studies on Baudelaire and Proust (both of whom he translated), his essays on Leskov and on Brecht's Epic Theater. Also included are his penetrating study on "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," an illuminating discussion of translation as a literary mode, and his thesis on the philosophy of history. Hannah Arendt selected the essays for this volume and prefaces them with a substantial, admirably informed introduction that presents Benjamin's personality and intellectual development, as well as his work and his life in dark times. - Publisher
Print Book,English, [1986?], ©1968
Schocken Books, New York, [1986?], ©1968
Criticism, interpretation, etc
278 pages ; 21 cm
9780805202410, 0805202412
12947710
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
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968
Translation of: Illuminationen