{"product_id":"illuminations","title":"ILLUMINATIONS","description":"\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStudies 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. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlso 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. \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReflections\u003c\/i\u003e the companion volume to this book, is also available as a Schocken paperback.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnpacking My Library, 1931\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Task of the Translator, 1913\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Storyteller, 1936\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFranz Kafka, 1934\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSome Reflections on Kafka, 1938\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Is Epic Theater?, 1939\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn Some Motifs in Baudelaire, 1939\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Image of Proust, 1929\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, 1936\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTheses on the Philosophy of History, written 1940, pub. 1950\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47575992369499,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/files\/10_75097105-2de8-49ca-9a67-446b3e6bdb35.jpg?v=1705571958","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.ie\/products\/illuminations","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}