"Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), a German-Jewish man of letters, was known to the discerning few as one of the most original critical and analytical minds of his time. He achieved posthumous fame when a collected edition of his writings appeared in Germany fifteen years after his death." (From the cover blurb.)
CONTENTS:
Introduction by 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
--Beginning quote from Paul Valery
Theses on the Philosophy of History
Reading notes are in preparation and will be entered later.
23 November 1995