{"product_id":"reflections-essays-aphorisms-autobiographical-writings-9781328470225","title":"Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings","description":"\"This book is just that: reflections of a highly polished mind that uncannily approximate the century's fragments of shattered traditions.\" -- \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A companion volume to \u003cem\u003eIlluminations\u003c\/em\u003e, the first collection of Walter Benjamin's writings, \u003cem\u003eReflections\u003c\/em\u003e presents a further sampling of his wide-ranging work. 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. \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWALTER BENJAMIN (1892-1940) was a German-Jewish Marxist literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. He was associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory and was greatly inspired by the Marxism of Bertolt Brecht and Jewish mysticism.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626591097106,"sku":"9781328470225","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3217df6d-b20c-436c-a491-9613021dc80f.jpg?v=1732662384","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/reflections-essays-aphorisms-autobiographical-writings-9781328470225","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}